NILPHAMARI, Jun 26: Commercial cultivation of creeper arum (Loti Kochu) increasing in Nilphamari district. It is extensively cultivated mainly in the Panchbibi upazila of Jaypurhat district and neighbouring upazilas of Dinajpur district.
Now it is being cultivated in Bhogdabury, Ketkibari and Gomnati union porishods of Domar upazila in Nilphamari district. Sources said cultivation of these vegetables is very profitable as it grows in uncultivable low land as well as in the homesteads of poor farmers. The farmers use tissue culture technology and also plant saplings.
In a 30-decimal of land 2600 t0 3000 saplings are planted and become harvestable within three month. Generally 30 decimal of land yield 10 maunds of Loti Kochu in a month and it is again harvestable in less than a month and it remain harvestable for six months. Its wholesale price is Tk 700 to 800 per maund. This high-protein vegetable is being exported to Middle-East and European countries and also being transported to Dhaka and Khulna.
Commercial cultivation of creeper arum increasing in Nilphamari
Our Correspondent | Published: June 27, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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