CropsSatkhira's betel nut crop grows on pond banks and field edges
Betel nut in Satkhira has spread from 1,150 bighas in 2020-21 to 1,400 bighas this season. Growers expect 450 to 500 tonnes worth about Tk 22.25 crore.
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CropsEvery home in Haimchar has areca palms, and the nuts sell for about Tk 100 crore a year
Haimchar in Chandpur grew areca nut on 528 hectares this year; the Howladar Bazar wholesale market alone trades Tk 30-35 crore a year and dried nuts fetch Tk 380 a kilo. Growers want imports stopped.
CropsPirojpur areca nut yields fall; prices up 30% but many growers lose out
Pirojpur planted areca nut on 4,669 hectares, but yields are down in seven upazilas this year, partly because of salinity; raw nuts at Kawkhali market cost at least 30 percent more than last year.
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Lakshmipur expects Tk 710 crore of areca nut sales this season
The agriculture department expects Lakshmipur to sell about Tk 710 crore of areca nut this season; more than a hundred markets are busy, and the climbers who pick the nuts earn Tk 2,500 to 3,000 a day.
HealthAncient teeth suggest people chewed areca nut 25,000 years ago
Grooves and traces of arecoline in the teeth of two hunter-gatherers from Sulawesi, Indonesia, suggest areca nut chewing began long before farming, a study in Science Advances reports.
Agribusiness
Rotten fallen betel nuts become factory raw material in Kurigram's Rajarhat
Traders in Rajarhat, Kurigram, buy about 50 tonnes a month of dried, rotten betel nuts at Tk 60-100 a kilogram and send them to paint and chemical factories, giving seasonal work to more than a hundred mostly women workers.
CropsBagerhat Betel Nut Prices Fall Tk 150 to 300 a Kuri Despite a Heavy Crop
Jagonews24 reported a bumper betel nut crop in Bagerhat this year, while prices fell by Tk 150 to 300 a kuri depending on quality. Traders blamed weak demand at the big wholesale markets.