Crop Consultancy
Sandalwood
Long-horizon agroforestry investments
Host-plant pairing, theft-prevention design and legal compliance for sandalwood plantations as a generational asset class.
Sandalwood is a generational asset — a single mature tree can be worth more than a small car. But it is also a hemi-parasite, which means it cannot survive without the right host plants nearby. We design sandalwood plantations with primary hosts (red sanders, Casuarina) and intermediate hosts (pigeon pea, curry leaf) that feed the tree through its long maturation. Equally important is the legal and security architecture: registration with the forest department, perimeter design, and harvest documentation. We help growers plan all of this from Year 1 so the plantation matures into a clean, sellable asset 12–15 years later.
How we help with Sandalwood
- Primary and intermediate host-plant pairing for survival and growth
- Legal registration and harvest-documentation guidance
- Theft-prevention through perimeter design and community involvement
- Intercropping with annual cash crops during the long juvenile phase
- Heartwood maturity assessment and sale-readiness audits
- Heartwood maturation
- 12–15 years
- Trees per acre
- 400–435
- Heartwood market value
- ₹6,000–₹12,000 per kg
Figures are indicative for well-managed plantations and vary by site, variety, soil, season and management practice. They are not a projection of returns for any specific project.
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