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Aloe vera leaves are used in producing different types of cosmetics and medicines.

Many like to consume it with the hope to get relief from different diseases like costiveness, skin diseases and urinary problems, herbal doctors said.

Local agriculture officials said aloe vera farming needs proper care, and farmers can earn a good profit from it as it can be harvested a couple of times a month.

Aloe vera leaves are thick and fleshy, and one can harvest 30 to 35 maunds of the leaves from 20,000 plants.

Each maund of aloe vera is sold at Tk 700 to 800, farmers said, adding that they can yield aloe vera after 18 months of plantation.

Moreover, six to seven additional saplings grow from each plant.

Farmer Monnas Ali from Mahuntinagar in Madhupur said earlier, he used to cultivate pineapple or banana on his three bighas land.

But, after getting advice from the local agriculture officials he started aloe vera cultivation on the same land a couple of years ago.

Tangail DAE Additional Deputy Director Mahmudul Hasan said although aloe vera has a huge demand, local growers do not get fair prices for lack of proper marketing facilities.