FruitsThree entrepreneurs turned a disused coal depot in Durgapur into a 500-tree malta orchard; this year's sales expected at Tk 6-7 lakh
Advised by the agriculture office, Rony Mitra and partners planted BARI-3 and Vietnamese malta on one acre of abandoned coal heaps in Netrokona in 2021; about Tk 10 lakh invested, Tk 3.5 lakh of fruit sold last year and double expected now, with wholesalers paying Tk 80-100 a kilogram at the orchard