BSS, Panchagarh :
A bumper production of jackfruit is expected in the district as the tender fruit is now growing excellent amid favourable climatic condition.
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said a total of 1,100 hectares of land have been brought under jackfruit cultivation this year with the production target of 13,500 tonnes of jackfruit in the district. Abdul Malek, a jackfruit grower of Bodapara village under Debiganj upazila, said he is expecting a bumper yield of jackfruit from his one acre grove. He also expects to earn Taka 80,000.
Meanwhile, jackfruit wholesalers from different parts of the country have started flocking to the district as the harvesting season is approaching.
There are 200 jackfruit trees in my orchard and the production rate is higher than that in the last year. I am expecting to earn Taka 2 lakh from the orchard, said Motiar Rahman, a grower of the upazila.
A youth named Aminur Islam of Sadar upazila said he was unemployed but now he is earning money growing jackfruit. Deputy Director of DAE Rafiqul Islam said Jackfruit farming is gradually gaining popularity in the district. We are inspiring growers to cultivate jackfruit by giving technical support. Many farmers alleged that due to lack of proper marketing policy, they don’t get fair price. They urged the government to take proper marketing policy of jackfruits for the sake of the farmers.
A bumper production of jackfruit is expected in the district as the tender fruit is now growing excellent amid favourable climatic condition.
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said a total of 1,100 hectares of land have been brought under jackfruit cultivation this year with the production target of 13,500 tonnes of jackfruit in the district. Abdul Malek, a jackfruit grower of Bodapara village under Debiganj upazila, said he is expecting a bumper yield of jackfruit from his one acre grove. He also expects to earn Taka 80,000.
Meanwhile, jackfruit wholesalers from different parts of the country have started flocking to the district as the harvesting season is approaching.
There are 200 jackfruit trees in my orchard and the production rate is higher than that in the last year. I am expecting to earn Taka 2 lakh from the orchard, said Motiar Rahman, a grower of the upazila.
A youth named Aminur Islam of Sadar upazila said he was unemployed but now he is earning money growing jackfruit. Deputy Director of DAE Rafiqul Islam said Jackfruit farming is gradually gaining popularity in the district. We are inspiring growers to cultivate jackfruit by giving technical support. Many farmers alleged that due to lack of proper marketing policy, they don’t get fair price. They urged the government to take proper marketing policy of jackfruits for the sake of the farmers.
