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The exports of makhana (fox nuts) have been adversely affected by the ongoing West Asia war, owing to a huge drop in the demand and prices of the commodities.

About Makhana

• It is also known as Foxnut, is the dried edible seed of the prickly water lily or gorgon plant (Euryale ferox). 
• The edible part of the Makhana plant consists of small, round seeds that have an outer layer ranging from black to brown. This has led to it being referred to as the ‘Black Diamond.’
• Makhana plant is considered as native of South-East Asia and China, but distributed to almost every part of the world.
• Required climatic conditions
  • It is grown in stagnant perennial water bodies like ponds, land depressions, oxbow lakes, swamps and ditches.
  • It is a plant of tropical and subtropical climate.
  • Temperature: 200C to 350 C
  • Annual rainfall: 100 cm to 250 cm
  • Soil: Smooth loamy soil
• In India it is mainly distributed in the states of Bihar, West Bengal, Manipur, Tripura, Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Odisha, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh & Uttar Pradesh.
  • Bihar in India is the leading state in its production and processing.
• It is a product approved under the Union government’s One District One Product scheme.

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Benefits of Makhana

• It is a kind of hydrophyte used both as drug and food which exhibits much application and development prospects in the fields of medicine, food and economy.
• Makhana possessed high nutritional value and many medical and health protection effects.

Source: NIE