The honey queen variety of pineapple cultivated in the Madhupur Garo area has seen a better yield this year compared to the previous season. The mature, sweet and tasty fruit has already started to hit the market and is fetching better prices, making growers happy.
Joldungi pineapples are smaller in size but sweeter and tastier than other varieties. Tangail's Madhupur municipality is the key growing region for the fruit in Bangladesh.
The latest data on pineapple production from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics is not readily available, but it is estimated that the country produced 208,000 tons of the fruit in 2020-21 and they were grown on around 35,000 acres of land.
Data from the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) showed 538,000 tons of pineapples were grown in 2021-22, up from 469,000 tons a year ago.
Source: thedailystar.net