Export oriented Betel leaf

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Mubarok Hosen :
Rajshahi is famous region of our country for Betel leaf farming. Quality and delicious flavour Betel leaf is produce in Rajshahi. When is said about betel leaf, at fast will come Rajshahi content? Betel leaf customers of capital Dhaka and others district town, at first finds Rajshahi’s Betel leaf. Because, Rajshahi’s Betel leaf quite separate for its quality and taste from different district’s betel leaf. Only for this Rajshahi’s betel leaf is very famous all over Bangladesh.
From many days ago, we have been hearing that our betel leaf is going at abroad. The list of export oriented goods of Bangladesh, betel leaf is on of its.
A news was published at the national English daily newspaper (The New Nation) on July 25 at Business and Economy page about betel leaf farming. Its has been said in the news that Muhamad Ali, a farmer of Chandapur village under Bagmara upazila of Rajshahi has become successful though betel leaf farming.
As first, betel leaf grower in his locality, Ali earned fame as a successful farmer in the region.
His three sons extended support to his works earnestly. By dint of his hardworking and relentless efforts towards the betel leaf farming, Ali built concrete house for the first time in the aria. Witnessing his success many of his neighbours become inspired and established betel leaf farming and they are now doing well. Mohanpur, Paba, few locality of tenor is being farmed without Bagmara.
Bagmara’s betel leaf internal demand is very high, different part of the region including Bogra, Rangpur, Dinajpur and capital city Dhaka. It is sold different local market like Atria, Taherpur, Mohangonj, Mollaparahat and Aloknagor. At present, has become a big market for betel leaf; many wholesalers and retailers come to the market from different arias to purchase betel leaf. Only betel leaf selling this aria is famous of the country.
For the time being, betel leaf is being farmed around 2,000 hectares in the district and producing around 35,ooo metric tons of crops valued at around Tk 90 crore annually and over 25,000 farmers are involved. So we can say that, it is a undoubtedly money-earning crops and its perimeter is not pimping.
Bagmara’s betel leaf is also being exported to different Middle East countries and it has become very much popular in Saudi Arabia. It is heard that it’s going London from many
Not only betel leaf, others agronomical goods who is earns foreign currency, we should to take care cordially. Anyhow well-production will increase day by day and export system shall have to easier. Thus, we will overcome our economic target.
Our all important higher authorities of every sector whose collaboration is very needs to the purpose, thus native farmer and producer can to do easily his daily works for production.
Especially, getting Banks loan, agricultural instrument, seeds and fertilizer everything will have to get easily and available. Anyhow, farmers can do farming, exporter can do export huge amount agricultural goods.
Main profession of our maximum citizen is agriculture. For this reason all kinds of export oriented cultivation is important for this country.
Farming and farmer booth has deep relation. This is fighting of lived, this relation is forever. On the other hand, lose and profit cannot come to say. Lose and profit is can come at agricultural works at over rain, low rain and drought our crops due to damage. Thereafter our farmers remain sustain by the side cross cultivation.
On upon a time, Betel leaf cultivation was side crops. In the time lag its come at the high light only for due to become Export oriented. So this is the time to thinking about export oriented crops.
We think that Export oriented all kinds of goods is very important of our national life. Our economy gets extra power from foreign currency. As a result, whole economic system grows up in developing way. Every sectors of country get back new inspiration. We shall have to think, it is also possible, also prosperity of nation by developing agronomy. n
(The writer is a freelance
journalist)

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