Expected parsley yield per acre, number of cuttings, income range, comparison with coriander dhania, realistic profit picture.
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Parsley is a cut and come again crop, so you do not harvest once. With good management you can take several cuttings over a season, and total fresh leaf yield per acre can vary a lot with weather, irrigation and how many cuttings you take. Income is driven more by your buyer price and how reliably you can supply than by raw tonnage, because parsley moves only to identified hotel and salad buyers, not the open mandi. Compared to coriander (dhania), parsley usually fetches a higher per kg price but has a much smaller, harder to find market and slower growth, so it is a niche premium crop, not a volume crop. Coriander sells to everyone in the mandi; parsley sells only to chefs and salad companies who you must cultivate as customers. Treat any income figure with caution and build your own number from a confirmed buyer price times your realistic weekly supply, minus cold chain and transport cost. The honest answer is that parsley can be more profitable per kg but only if you have locked buyers; without buyers, coriander is the safer crop because it always sells.
Per kg parsley pays me better than dhania, but I sell only to two buyers. If they cancel one week I have nowhere else to dump it. Dhania I can always sell in the mandi.