BSS, Rajshahi :
A target has been set to produce 18.72 lakh tonnes of vegetables from 86,708 hectares of land in the region including its vast Barind tract during the current winter season.
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has set the target to produce
various kinds of vegetables in all eight districts under Rajshahi division after the best uses of its existing natural resources and modern technologies, said Deb Dulal Dhali, Additional Director of DAE.Meanwhile, the local kitchen markets are now abounds with various
advanced varieties of vegetables including cauliflower, cabbage, bottle gourd, Indian spinach and red amaranth benefiting both the growers and consumers.
The advanced farming brings smile on farmers face here as they are becoming financially solvent by cultivating various types of vegetables,meeting its rising demand with increasing population.Anwar Hossain, 53, a farmer of Pirijpur village under Godagari upazila, said he earned Taka 18,000 after selling red amaranth from one bigha of land after sowing its seed hardly 16 days back at a cost of Taka 12,000.
He is very much happy over the vegetable farming because he gets good yield with fair market price within short time.Nezamat Ullah, 45, another farmer of Palpur village, said not only red
amaranth but also many other short duration vegetables are being produced
here.Swapan Ali, 45, a farmer of Panchandar village under Tanore upazila, has become an icon of vegetable cultivation at his locality. His annual earning is around Taka three to four lakh on an average at present.
He has started the vegetable farming with brinjal on only five decimal of fellow land after failing to get irrigation water for Irri-boro farming around five years back. His initial income was around Taka 20,000 that inspires him to expand the farming commercially.
Dr Shakhawat Hossain, Senior Scientific Officer of On Farm Research Division, an organ of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute, said farmers get benefit by farming vegetables in the region including its vast Barind Tract. It brings smile on marginal farmers and poor people’s face, he added.
Besides, he said vegetable farming in both commercial and homestead method is gradually increasing in the vast Barind tract as many people are seen humming towards the farming leaving behind the high-irrigation consuming crops.
Both acreage and production of various types of vegetables were increased significantly in the area during the last couple of years benefitting the consumers in general.
Under the ‘Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM)’ project, more than 12.58 lakh community people of 2.66 lakh households are being motivatedand encouraged towards vegetable farming to reduce the pressure on underground water.
The project is being implemented by DASCOH Foundation at around 1,280 drought-hit villages in 39 Union Parishads and three municipalities of eight upazilas in Rajshahi, Naogaon and Chapainawabganj districts since 2014, said Jahangir Alam Khan, Assistant Coordinator of the project.
Sub-assistant Agriculture Officer Shamsher Ali told BSS that the vegetable farming in Barind land is now plentiful. Farmers are seen sending their fresh vegetables to different cities including the capital Dhaka after meeting up the local demands regularly, he added. Acreage of the farming is increasing gradually due to more income from small land.
A target has been set to produce 18.72 lakh tonnes of vegetables from 86,708 hectares of land in the region including its vast Barind tract during the current winter season.
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has set the target to produce
various kinds of vegetables in all eight districts under Rajshahi division after the best uses of its existing natural resources and modern technologies, said Deb Dulal Dhali, Additional Director of DAE.Meanwhile, the local kitchen markets are now abounds with various
advanced varieties of vegetables including cauliflower, cabbage, bottle gourd, Indian spinach and red amaranth benefiting both the growers and consumers.
The advanced farming brings smile on farmers face here as they are becoming financially solvent by cultivating various types of vegetables,meeting its rising demand with increasing population.Anwar Hossain, 53, a farmer of Pirijpur village under Godagari upazila, said he earned Taka 18,000 after selling red amaranth from one bigha of land after sowing its seed hardly 16 days back at a cost of Taka 12,000.
He is very much happy over the vegetable farming because he gets good yield with fair market price within short time.Nezamat Ullah, 45, another farmer of Palpur village, said not only red
amaranth but also many other short duration vegetables are being produced
here.Swapan Ali, 45, a farmer of Panchandar village under Tanore upazila, has become an icon of vegetable cultivation at his locality. His annual earning is around Taka three to four lakh on an average at present.
He has started the vegetable farming with brinjal on only five decimal of fellow land after failing to get irrigation water for Irri-boro farming around five years back. His initial income was around Taka 20,000 that inspires him to expand the farming commercially.
Dr Shakhawat Hossain, Senior Scientific Officer of On Farm Research Division, an organ of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute, said farmers get benefit by farming vegetables in the region including its vast Barind Tract. It brings smile on marginal farmers and poor people’s face, he added.
Besides, he said vegetable farming in both commercial and homestead method is gradually increasing in the vast Barind tract as many people are seen humming towards the farming leaving behind the high-irrigation consuming crops.
Both acreage and production of various types of vegetables were increased significantly in the area during the last couple of years benefitting the consumers in general.
Under the ‘Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM)’ project, more than 12.58 lakh community people of 2.66 lakh households are being motivatedand encouraged towards vegetable farming to reduce the pressure on underground water.
The project is being implemented by DASCOH Foundation at around 1,280 drought-hit villages in 39 Union Parishads and three municipalities of eight upazilas in Rajshahi, Naogaon and Chapainawabganj districts since 2014, said Jahangir Alam Khan, Assistant Coordinator of the project.
Sub-assistant Agriculture Officer Shamsher Ali told BSS that the vegetable farming in Barind land is now plentiful. Farmers are seen sending their fresh vegetables to different cities including the capital Dhaka after meeting up the local demands regularly, he added. Acreage of the farming is increasing gradually due to more income from small land.
