₹2.8 lakh–₹4.2 lakh
per acre a year, before costs
once bearing, from about year 6
Likely a loss at typical costs: ₹1.7 lakh–₹3.1 lakh an acre a year
- Not known: No rain data
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 4/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Needs about 1,330 mm of water here in its growing months.
Temperature
Grows best at 16–33 °C on average, and survives 7–39 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 30 °C / 25 °C
- Jul 30 °C / 24 °C
- Aug 29 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 29 °C / 24 °C
- Oct 30 °C / 24 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 24 °C
- Dec 29 °C / 23 °C
- Jan 29 °C / 22 °C
- Feb 30 °C / 22 °C
- Mar 31 °C / 23 °C
- Apr 32 °C / 25 °C
- May 31 °C / 25 °C
- Jun 30 °C / 25 °C
Soil
Soil for Arecanut: 4 out of 10 (poor).
- Soil here is often too alkaline for it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
- Most fields here are short of phosphorus.
Likes pH 5.5–6.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 9.8 quintals an acre here (district figures).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 6 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹35,513 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹29,654 a quintal, the middle of 57 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹3.0 lakh a year at typical costs.
- ₹37,280 2021
- ₹40,000 2022
- ₹35,750 2023
- ₹29,400 2024
- ₹31,150 2025
Prices are usually best in August.
Typical costs are about ₹5.9 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
About 18% of local fields of this crop get it.
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Short of phosphorus Your soil is likely short of phosphorus.
Add about a quarter more DAP or single super phosphate than the usual dose, at sowing.
About 18% of local fields of this crop get it.
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Short of potassium Your soil is likely short of potassium.
Add about a quarter more potash (MOP) than the usual dose.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 18%
- Urea 5%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 5%