date:Sep 26, 2019
to the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (Bari), 5.07 million tons of fruits of 70 types are produced at 0.16 million hectares of land, which is less than 1 per cent of the total cultivable land in the country.
However, the country has a demand of 11.68 million tons of fruits, putting the deficit at 6.6 million tons. According to Bangladesh Bank data, Bangladesh is importing fruit from some 46 foreign destinations including India, China, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, Fran