Pradeep Kumar Rat, Special Representative: Rashtpur upazila of Laxmipur has a bumper yield of betel nuts. Besides bumper yield, the garden owners are happy to get a good price of betel nut in the market. So the soil of this upazila is suitable for betel nut production. So the garden is suitable for betel nut production.
It is known that the season of betel nut is the season of betel nut, but this year, betel nut is going on before the season, Hadarganj Bazar, Rakhali, Mollarhat Bazar, Mollarhat Bazar, Mallarhat Bazar, Mirganj market and other local markets.
Khokon, the owner of the betel nut plantation in Devipur area, said that my family runs by selling this betel nut. This year I will be able to sell the bumper yield of 8 kahon betel nuts. I am selling betel nut in the market for 110-150 rupees depending on the type of betel nut. Another garden owner Khokon Maishal said, compared to last year, this year the yield has doubled. This year, the betel nut will be sold in the next two months. I will be able to sell more betel nuts in the next two months.
Betel nut trader Monir said, "I buy betel nuts from Bai Bai and then sell it in the market. I am selling betel nuts that I came to 125 taka. But betel nut is sold at 80-150 taka depending on the market."
Another businessman, Md. Mannan, said, "Every season I do business by keeping bald from betel nut garden owners, and I sell the money to the garden owners during the season and sell the betel nut in the market. I sell betel nuts for 80-150 taka according to the quality of betel nut.I can earn 40-50 thousand taka this year.
Upazila Agriculture Officer Tahmina Khatun, there are many people who are cultivating betel nut in their fallow land.
