A large part of the country's economy is based on the agricultural sector. Agriculture is the main source of livelihood for crores of farmers in India. It is worth noting that even today many farmers in the country are not earning good income through farming. In this episode, today we are going to tell the farmers about the cultivation of a special tree, after starting which money can rain on the farmers. Many farmers in the country are earning a lot of money by cultivating this tree. In this, you have to cultivate sandalwood trees. There is a lot of demand for sandalwood in the country. Not only this, with time, the price of sandalwood is also skyrocketing. Due to this, you can earn crores of rupees by starting the cultivation of sandalwood tree. In this episode, let us know about it in detail -
You can plant sandalwood tree anywhere. While planting the plant, take special care that it is two to two and a half years old. After planting the plant, you have to take special care of cleanliness around.
For cultivation, farmers will get sandalwood saplings for around Rs 100 to Rs 130. At the same time, the host plant that grows along with the sandalwood plant will also be available between Rs 50 to Rs 60.
You can plant about 600 sandalwood saplings in one acre of land. It takes about 12 to 15 years for a sandalwood plant to become a tree. Farmers easily get 15 to 20 kg of wood from one sandalwood tree.
The price of one kg of sandalwood is around 26 to 30 thousand rupees in the market. Due to this, you can earn crores of rupees by selling sandalwood grown in one acre of agricultural land. According to the 2017 rule, any farmer in the country can cultivate sandalwood. However, only the government can export it
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