Sylhet Correspondent :
A large number of farmers in South Surma upazila in Sylhet districts are now engaged in bean cultivation as it proved highly profitable changing the lives of many people in the area.
Some 6/7 trucks loaded with beans leave ‘Gualgadda bean zone’ in South Surma Upazila of Sylhet, the biggest bean-producing area, for capital Dhaka and other parts of the country everyday as beans worth around Tk 10 lakh is traded daily at the local market, traders said.
Over 5 Thousand families are now involved in bean cultivation and its business in the District that sees increasing cultivation of it for the last several years, local sources said.
Bean farmers from Doudpur, Kamalbazar, Lalabazar and Rakhalgonj area of the districts take their products to market and sell it to wholesalers who supply it to different places including Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet and Narayanganj.
Farmers from all the villages of Doudpur, Kamalbazar, Lalabazar and Rakhalgonj in South Surma Upazila and adjoining upazila under Sylhet district bring their product to the market for sale, said Khalek Ahmed, A Bean Farmer.
Sources in Sylhet Agriculture Extension Department said at least 270 hectares of land have been brought under bean cultivation in the Upazila this year.
“I have cultivated beans on six bighas of land this year while it was only one bigha a few years ago. I started bean cultivation as it is very profitable,” said Shofir Uddin.
A few bean farmers, however, said they often fail to get fair price of the product.
Local farmers and traders have demanded that the government build a cold storage in the area so that they can preserve their agricultural products.
A large number of farmers in South Surma upazila in Sylhet districts are now engaged in bean cultivation as it proved highly profitable changing the lives of many people in the area.
Some 6/7 trucks loaded with beans leave ‘Gualgadda bean zone’ in South Surma Upazila of Sylhet, the biggest bean-producing area, for capital Dhaka and other parts of the country everyday as beans worth around Tk 10 lakh is traded daily at the local market, traders said.
Over 5 Thousand families are now involved in bean cultivation and its business in the District that sees increasing cultivation of it for the last several years, local sources said.
Bean farmers from Doudpur, Kamalbazar, Lalabazar and Rakhalgonj area of the districts take their products to market and sell it to wholesalers who supply it to different places including Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet and Narayanganj.
Farmers from all the villages of Doudpur, Kamalbazar, Lalabazar and Rakhalgonj in South Surma Upazila and adjoining upazila under Sylhet district bring their product to the market for sale, said Khalek Ahmed, A Bean Farmer.
Sources in Sylhet Agriculture Extension Department said at least 270 hectares of land have been brought under bean cultivation in the Upazila this year.
“I have cultivated beans on six bighas of land this year while it was only one bigha a few years ago. I started bean cultivation as it is very profitable,” said Shofir Uddin.
A few bean farmers, however, said they often fail to get fair price of the product.
Local farmers and traders have demanded that the government build a cold storage in the area so that they can preserve their agricultural products.
