Noni fruit increases the body's immune system. It is African fruit. The cultivation of this fruit is becoming popular day by day in different upazilas of Comilla.
According to the Agriculture Office, the outside is yellowish white when the color of the Noni fruit is ripe. Cultivation is being done in different districts including Jessore, Naogaon, Meherpur, Gopalganj. This fruit is bitter in taste and has a pungent smell. Trees are up to 40 feet tall. Ferdousul Alam, a farmer of Paschimpara of Comilla Burichang Upazila Sadar, has cultivated this fruit.
Farmer Ferdousul Alam said he had arthritis problems. You know that Noni fruit juice will benefit from this disease. So he collected saplings from Natore. He bought the fruit from Natore at Tk 2,500 per kg. Now he is eating the fruit of his own tree and giving it to his relatives. He said he would grow the fruit on a commercial scale.
Mizanur Rahman, a local deputy assistant officer, said, "Noni reduces high blood pressure, increases physical strength, prevents inflammation. Diabetes is controlled by eating fruits. Noni fruit regulates uric acid.
Upazila Agriculture Officer Afrina Akhter said farmer Ferdousul Alam has started cultivating Noni fruits. I know it’s a high price fruit. The farmer has also got good results initially. We are observing.
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