Most Profitable Farming: In India, farmers are now abandoning traditional farming and cultivating different types of crops. Now the inclination of farmers towards non-traditional crops has also increased. From which they are getting a lot of profit. There are some crops in India from which farmers earn a lot.
One such cultivation is sandalwood which gives profits worth crores to the farmers. Sandalwood is mostly cultivated in the southern states of India. But now it is being cultivated in other states of India also. Let us know how profit worth crores can be earned from sandalwood cultivation.
How to cultivate sandalwood?
The scientific name of sandalwood is Pterocarpus Santalinus. There are four types of sandalwood. Red sandalwood, white sandalwood, Mayur Ayer sandalwood and snake sandalwood. Generally, there is a lot of demand for red sandalwood in the market. Apart from India, there is a lot of demand for red sandalwood in foreign countries also. Hot climate is suitable for cultivating red sandalwood. Loamy soil is suitable for this. The pH value of soil is 4.5 to 6.5.
The best time to plant sandalwood plants is from May to June. You can easily get a sandalwood plant from any nursery for between Rs 100 to Rs 150. After properly plowing the field, it is important to make the soil loose. After that the soil has to be leveled. After planting the plants, fill them with fertilizer. It is also important to make arrangements for drainage of water near the plants. Plants will get damaged due to excess water. ,
There will be profit worth crores
Sandalwood cultivation is time consuming. The older its trees become. They become equally valuable. A sandalwood plant which was planted for Rs 100. After about 15 years it becomes worth Rs 2 lakh. That means, if you plant 100 sandalwood trees then you will get a profit of around Rs 2 crore in 15 years.
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