Chinal: the fruit of the hills and a new source of income for many

Chinal is a jhum fruit. The people of Chittagong Hill Tracts have planted this fruit for years as a companion crop with others. Agriculture scientists now say it will not only be cultivated on jhum land but will also be cultivated in the plains from now on. Chinal is grown in different countries of Asia including China, Laos and Cambodia and in Chittagong Hill Tracts, it is