Bottle Gourd Seeds: New Path to Profit for Farmers, Oil Production Boosts Income

• Farmers can now turn thick, large bottle gourds, previously a loss, into a profitable venture by cultivating them for oil production.
• Professor Ashok Kumar Singh highlights the medicinal properties of bottle gourd oil, used in home remedies and Ayurvedic treatments.
• Bottle gourd oil commands a high market price, selling for approximately 70 rupees per 100 milliliters, or 700 rupees per liter.
• Bottle gourd seeds contain 35-40% oil, making it commercially very beneficial, especially for large fruits less preferred in vegetable markets.
• By focusing on oil production from the outset, farmers can transform bottle gourd cultivation into a small-scale oil industry, significantly increasing their earnings.