Rangpur Correspondent :
A good number of farmers in different upazilas including Rangpur Sadar, Mithapukur and Pirganj upazilas in the district are getting financially benefited through cultivation of betel leaf on their lands.
Presently betel leaf is being cultivated abundantly in many areas including Horgolli, Kisamat, Shiver Bazar, Chandaner Hat, Rathirampur, Jugipara, Bania Bazar at Horidevpur and mominpur union under Rangpur sadar upazila, Hindupara, Helencha, Hanchia at Mithapukur upazila and Shakhipur, Projapara under Pirganj upazila in the district.
Dilip Kumar of Rathirampur Baniabazar village at Horidevpur union under Sadar upazila said that he has changed his fortune by cultivating betel leaf. He said earlier he was passing his days in severe financial problem and then he started cultivating betel leaf instead of other crops.
He said that he cultivated betel leaf on 22 decimals of land. “At present I earn Tk 50,000 to Tk 60,000 a year from its sale at a production cost of Tk 15,000 to Tk 20,000”, he said.
According to cultivators a betel-leaf plant can live for 10/15 years. Betel-leaf is sold in the markets within three to four months after the plantation. It can be harvested from every plant two to three in a week.
The local growers say that proper training, necessary advices and financial and technical assistances can enhance its production and also expand cultivation of the crop across the region.
A good number of farmers in different upazilas including Rangpur Sadar, Mithapukur and Pirganj upazilas in the district are getting financially benefited through cultivation of betel leaf on their lands.
Presently betel leaf is being cultivated abundantly in many areas including Horgolli, Kisamat, Shiver Bazar, Chandaner Hat, Rathirampur, Jugipara, Bania Bazar at Horidevpur and mominpur union under Rangpur sadar upazila, Hindupara, Helencha, Hanchia at Mithapukur upazila and Shakhipur, Projapara under Pirganj upazila in the district.
Dilip Kumar of Rathirampur Baniabazar village at Horidevpur union under Sadar upazila said that he has changed his fortune by cultivating betel leaf. He said earlier he was passing his days in severe financial problem and then he started cultivating betel leaf instead of other crops.
He said that he cultivated betel leaf on 22 decimals of land. “At present I earn Tk 50,000 to Tk 60,000 a year from its sale at a production cost of Tk 15,000 to Tk 20,000”, he said.
According to cultivators a betel-leaf plant can live for 10/15 years. Betel-leaf is sold in the markets within three to four months after the plantation. It can be harvested from every plant two to three in a week.
The local growers say that proper training, necessary advices and financial and technical assistances can enhance its production and also expand cultivation of the crop across the region.
