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Betel leaf or Paan / pan patta farming on Ghoramara Island West Bengal: Climate change is about to take away this island. Most residents have fled this island which is caving into the Bay of Bengal as a result of climate change, ice melt in the poles and rising ocean water levels. Just a few betel leaf of paan patta farmers remain, hoping to eke out a few more years on the disappearing island. Paan or pan leaf cultivation in West Bengal. The Bengalis love eating paan, clearly, so there is much domestic demand. The creepers are grown in neat rows, with support for them to climb. Paan (from Sanskrit par á "leaf"; cognate with English fern) is a preparation combining betel leaf with areca nut widely consumed throughout Southeast Asia, East Asia (mainly Taiwan), and the Indian subcontinent. It
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