Betel-leaf (Piper betel) is locally known as
Pan.....The Betel is the leaf of a vine belonging to the Piperaceae
family......Betel leaves imported mostly from Tirur (Kerala-India) is famous in
Pakistan as "Tirur Pan" and also from other parts of India.....Sri
lanka & Bangladesh are also major producers of betel.........In
Pakistan....consumption of betel leaf is roughly 5 million kilos and the total
import of betel leaf from India is approximately 4.5 million kilos @ around Rs.
140 million PKR....or even more...............Recently president directed the
Sindh Agriculture department to expand it's farming upto 10,000
acres.....Thatta & Malir......two regions of Sindh near the coast are ideal
sites.......This is the most neglected crop in Pakistan........it can be
successfully grown with proper modern techniques..... let's try something new if
old is not working..
By Hadi Laghari
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