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Northern region becomes 2nd position in tea production

News Desk || risingbd.com

Published: 17:35, 3 February 2024   Update: 17:58, 3 February 2024
Northern region becomes 2nd position in tea production

Tea plantation is increasing every year in Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, Dinajpur, Lalmonirhat and Nilphamari districts. 

In the recently concluded (2023) season, about one crore 79 lakh 47 thousand 230 kg of tea was produced at 30 tea gardens and more than  8 thousand small scale gardens in the northern part of the country. The production is one lakh 65 thousand 226 kg more from the previous year. About 12 thousand and 132 acres of land is now under tea cultivation in the districts. 

This region has been ranked the second in production for three consecutive times.

Amir Hossian, development officer, Panchagarh office, Bangladesh Tea Board, confirmed this to risingbd on Thursday (February 1).

The region has already gone ahead of Chattogram in terms of gross annual production of tea. It is now second only to Sylhet, and according to data from Bangladesh Tea Board, tea from the region accounted for about 17.44 percent of the country’s  tea production. Tea was cultivated on about 13000 acres of land in gardens of the northern region. The production capacity of the entire area will increase manifold if more land can be brought under the coverage.

It is good to see that many farmers in the northern region are now happy as they see profit. A number of farmers in the district have reportedly opted to grow tea instead of traditional crops which did not bring much profit. 
 

Abu Naim/Mukul