Salt farmers in Chattogram, Bangladesh are anticipating a profitable year in 2022
Salt
Bangladesh
Regulation & Compliances
Market & Price Trends
Farhan Kabir
Published Mar 15, 2022
Currently, salt farmers in Chattogram's Banshkhali upazila's coastal areas are busy producing crude salt as the season for salt cultivation draws closer to its conclusion in May 2022. Farmers in the south-eastern district are optimistic that they will make a profit from salt production this season because the weather has been favorable this year, and the rate of Covid-19 infection has been falling rapidly. Bangladesh's crude salt harvesting season runs from November to May each year; it begins in November and concludes in May. Additionally, salt is grown in Anwara, another coastal upazila in Chattogram, and Banskhali.
On the other hand, Cox's Bazar is the country's most important natural or raw salt cultivating district since it supplies 95 percent of its total crude salt requirement in a single year. A total of 15,000 hectares of land is currently under cultivation for salt production on numerous salt flats in the coastal belt areas of Banshkhali, with approximately 5,000 salt farmers. The government's decision to prohibit the import of edible salt is bearing fruit, with reasonable rates being paid to salt producers in the district. Many salt farmers in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, have been losing money for years, but now they are finally making money from their work.
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