Organic muri from Pabna village gaining popularity
A good number of people of Mahamudpur village in Pabna Sadar upazila are now passing busy time to produce traditional organic muri (puffed rice) to meet its increasing demand during the Ramadan.
Around 400 families of the village famous for producing organic muri are engaged in the job as ancestral profession.
“We produce organic spicy muri in our traditional way, without using any chemicals. It is tastier and more nutritious than the chemically treated muri although the latter looks bright," said Hasan Ali, an elderly muri producer of Mahamudpur village.
“Health conscious people prefer organic muri as it is free from chemical contamination. It is produced here round the year but the demand increases during the holy Ramadan as the spicy muri is a common iftar item,” said Md Abdul Alim, another producer of the village.
"Like many others at the village, I am now working all day long for preparing organic muri to meet the high demand during the Ramadan. We are doing the job as ancestral profession for decades," he said.
Three power-run husking machines have been set up in Mahamudpur village to husk rice for producing muri.
Around 300 maunds of muri are being supplied to different places of the district as well as outside, a kg being sold for Tk 60 to 70, depending on quality.
Wholesalers often come to the village to purchase organic muri.
Local muri producers have demanded government support like soft loan to continue and develop their traditional business of organic muri production.
"The people of Mahamudpur village are doing a great job by producing organic muri. Following them, many others in different villages of the district have started doing the same," said Jitendranath Pal, director of BSCIC, Pabna.
BSCIC is planning to extend financial assistance to the organic muri producers for promoting the business, he said.
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