A bumper harvest of Amra has been achieved in Paikgachha, Khulna. The sour-sour, sweet-sweet, delicious and delicious fruit Amra is loved by everyone, young and old. Just thinking about Amra makes the mouth water. The demand for nutritious Amra is increasing day by day. It is being sold in retail and wholesale in markets, and in addition, raw Amra with spices is being sold in large quantities on the streets.
Amla is a high-quality fruit. Amla is one of the many vitamin-free fruits produced in the country. Experienced doctors say that Amla is a fruit rich in essential vitamins including ABC, calcium, phosphorus, iron. The English name of Amla is Golden Apple. Amla can be eaten raw or cooked and prepared in various dishes. Chutney made from Amla is very delicious. It is very tasty and sweet to eat. Amla is popular with everyone in the country and abroad. According to the Upazila Agriculture Office sources, there is an Amla tree garden on 5 hectares of land in Paikgachha and it has been cultivated. The potential production from the Amla garden will be 75 metric tons. Among the 10 unions of this upazila in the saline coastal area, most of the Amla is cultivated in the high areas of Gadaipur, Raruli, Haridhali, Kapilmuni. Apart from that, there are a few Amla trees in the remaining unions including the municipality. There has been a bumper harvest of Amla this season. Amla is being sold at a price of 20-25 taka per kg in various markets of the area. Even though the demand of the area is being met, amla is being supplied to different districts. In the months of Ashadh, Shrawan and Bhadra, amla traders go around different villages and buy amla on contract basis. All these traders sell amla to different shops in the area. And the shops supply amla to different places and districts. According to the agricultural office, it is very easy to create or cultivate an amla garden. Amla can be cultivated by planting it in rows in a sunny place by making high aisles. Fruits can be obtained from the planted trees within 3/4 years. Some trees bear amla for twelve months. Two varieties of amla are cultivated in this area, indigenous variety and hybrid variety. Seedlings are produced from indigenous variety seeds and hybrid variety grafting. Hybrid variety amla seedlings can be harvested after 1 year of planting. Hybrid variety trees do not grow very big. Applying granular fertilizer and pesticides during planting keeps the tree disease-free. Besides, during the rainy season, a type of leafhopper eats the leaves of the tree and leaves the tree bare. Applying pesticides every 15 days before the buds appear on the tree will keep it safe from leafhopper attacks. Upazila Agriculture Officer, Agriculturist Ekramul Hossain said that there has been a bumper yield of mango in Paikgachha this season. Mango is an important cash crop. Various suggestions are being given by the Agriculture Office to increase yield and control diseases and pests. Mango farmers in this region are being encouraged to plant mango seedlings.