UNB, Panchagarh :
Cultivation of lotkon (Baccaurea ramiflora or Burmese grape) has changed lot of a good number of farmers in Pachagarch.
The growers have got a good harvest of the oval yellowish fruit in the district this season. The farmers are being financially benefited from the fair price of lotkon.
This has encouraged farmers to go for garden-based farming of the fruit.
Lotkon of Panchagarh has high demand because of its taste and size. Fruit traders are buying a huge quantity of the fruit everyday and sending those to different parts of the country, including the capital. Sources at the Department of Agriculture Extension, Panchagarh, said lotkon was cultivated on about 14 hectares of land in the district this year. The fruit was raised in more than 100 gardens in the district.
Five to eight tonnes of lotkon are being produced from each hectare of land.
