betel nut
What do Kadaknath chicken & betel nut have in common?
Several hundreds of women are earning lucrative livelihoods in border areas of Bengal adjoining Nepal border with kadaknath chicken and betel nuts farming.
Arecanut goes from yucky paan stains to dandy dye
Much maligned for the paan stains, betelnut juice is now being used as a natural dye by artists and the textile industry, offering a good income source for areca nut farmers of Karnataka