The native fruit varieties are disappearing fast in Narsingdi district due to adverse impact of climate change, use of agro-chemical in the ground and want of planned way production and marketing of the native fruits, reports BSS.
Once there were various native fruits available in the village like Gab, deowa, kathbal, sufada, kaow, hog-plam, dalim, black-berry rose- berry, olive, tamarind, star-apple, custard apple chalta, shorifa, Quamranga etc.
But it is now on the decline because there is no planning on the production and marketing of these varieties fruit.
Rapid urbanization coupled with Housing for the increasing population is the main cause for declining of these fruits.
Besides,villagers now planting wood sapling instead of native fruits to their garden for making more profits.
Monsur Alim, a 65 years old man of village Adiabad under Raipura upazila said, housing for the increasing of population is the main reason behind the declining of native fruit varieties.
He said he was the only son of his father and his father had a 60 decimal house with a building on five decimals and the rest land were the various native fruits garden.
At present,(after 50 years) the picture of the house completely changed as he divided his house among the five sons for their dwelling-houses cutting all the native fruit trees.
Deputy Director, Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Narsingdi, Latapat Hossain said due to climate change, air-pollution , and indiscriminately use of agri-chemical and pesticides to the garden the native fruit varieties are disappearing in our country.
He said the DAE encouraging the village people for planting more native fruit varieties tree and also locally being arranged exhibition on the native fruit varieties for increasing the farming of the varieties.
