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What went wrongA cashew grower in Thanchi, Bandarban, in a Business Standard Bangla report

Cashew that fetched 3,200-3,700 taka a maund sold at 1,700

About 2,000 cashew trees gave this Thanchi grower 20 maunds this season, sold at 1,700 taka a maund against 3,200-3,700 the year before.

This grower at Chandak Para in Thanchi upazila, Bandarban, has about 2,000 cashew trees and harvested 20 maunds this season. He sold at 1,700 taka a maund, against 3,200-3,700 the year before. The report puts it down to insufficient rain while the trees were in bloom, which left the nuts small and poor in quality, and to the near-absence of outside buyers during the COVID period. A grower in Rowangchhari with 200 trees on five acres saw his yield fall from 5 maunds to 3 and was offered under 2,000 taka a maund. Some growers held their harvest back in storage rather than sell at that price.

Lessons

  1. 1.Cashew in the hill districts depends on rain at flowering; one dry spell in the wrong week cut both yield and nut quality
  2. 2.With buyers coming from outside the district and no local market to fall back on, prices can more than halve in a single year

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