Mintu Abdur Rahman, Rangpur :
The growers of banana at different areas in Rangpur district are getting a plentiful yield of the fruit during this year. According to the agriculturists, the soil of many areas of the region is suitable for its farming.
Amirul Hossain, a banana cultivator of Chhilimpur Village in Pirganj upazila said he has 200 banana plants in his orchard. All the plants have been replete with fruits this year. He has already begun harvesting those.
He also expressed satisfaction over the yield of the fruit, this season.Witnessing his success, many people have engaged themselves in its cultivation, he also said. A good number of people of the district have become able to change their financial condition through banana cultivation in recent years, he added.
A good number of banana orchards have so far been set up in the district. Per day huge amount of banana are sold at different markets across the region, sources said. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) D, Sarurul Haqe, Rangpur official sources said the department is providing adequate assistances to the farmers for enhancing fruit farming in order to improve socio-economic and nutritional conditions of the people in the region, sources added.
