Anisul Islam Noor :
There has been intense production of vegetables in Manikganj, Tangail, Narsingdi and Munshiganj districts as well as at Savar, Keraniganj and Dhamrai upazilas in Dhaka districts this year.
About 60 percent of the capital’s demands for vegetables during the winter season are met from these areas. Favourable weather has helped farmers get a good harvest this season, traders said.
“The aforesaid districts saw a bumper yield of vegetables this year. Farmers of these areas are bringing their produce to the capital for a better price,” said Lokman Hossain, General Secretary of Karwan Bazar Kitchen Market Wholesalers’ Association.
About500 trucks and covered vans loaded with vegetables enter Karwan Bazar kitchen market every day. Of them, 200 to 250 are from greater Dhaka and neighbouring districts, he said.
“Vegetables in large quantities are brought to Shyambazar by road and waterways,” said Mohammad Mohsin Uddin, Treasurer of Shyambazar Krishi Panya Arot Banik Samity.
Loaded with vegetables, around 150 trucks and 50 boats, mainly from Munshiganj and Keraniganj, arrive at the wholesale
market every day, he said. Farmers from Singair upazila in Manikganj alone supply around 20 trucks of vegetables to the capital daily, said Abdur Rashid Sarder, a farmer in the area.
He cultivates mainly seasonal vegetables including radish, onion, potato, green chilli, and carrot.
“Vegetable production in Manikganj is expected to exceed last year’s production, thanks to favourable weather,” said Md Alimuzzaman, Deputy Director of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) in Manikganj.
The farmers of the district produced more than 2.10 lakh tonnes of vegetables in the last fiscal. “Vegetable production will increase this year as the country has not witnessed any major natural disaster,” he said. There has been a good yield of vegetables in Narsngdi, said Subhash Chanda Gayen, Deputy Director of DAE in the district.
“Farmers in this area are increasing crop production by 1-2 percent each year.” They mainly cultivate aubergine, cauliflower, cabbage, tomato, bean, bottle gourd and pointed gourd, he mentioned.
Vegetables of this district are not only supplied to Dhaka but also to different countries, he added.
Subhash said, the district DAE has set a target to cultivate vegetables on 8,800 hectares of land this year.
Vegetable production in different upazilas of Dhaka soared by more than 11 percent in five years from 2006.
The annual vegetable production was 2.34 lakh tonnes in 2010-11 in Dhaka district including Savar, Dhamrai, Keraniganj and Dohar, up from 2.10 lakh tonnes in 2006-07, according to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
However, farmers are yet to make profit from their produce as most of the profit goes to the middlemen, who buy farmers’ produce in bulk at a cheaper rate, and sell those at much higher price in the capital city.
Of the vegetables, a piece of bottle gourd sells at Tk40 to 50, ash gourd at Tk25 to 30, sweet gourd at Tk 20 to 50 based on size, bean at Tk25 per kg, brinjal at Tk 30 to Tk35, tomato at Tk70, tomato green at Tk25 to Tk30, bitter gourd at Tk 30 to Tk35, cucumber at Tk 40 to 50, okra at Tk 25 to 30, papaya at Tk 15, potato (old) at Tk26, potato (new) at Tk45, carrot at Tk 35, french at Tk 40, radish at Tk 10, parbal at Tk20 to 25, snake gourd at Tk30 to 35, pumpkin (medium size) Tk 35 to 50 per piece, cauliflower Tk15 to 25, cabbage Tk 15 to 20, coriander leaves at Tk 250, green chilli at Tk40 to 50, capsicum (red) at Tk450 kg and capsicum (green) at Tk250 to 300 per kg.
There has been intense production of vegetables in Manikganj, Tangail, Narsingdi and Munshiganj districts as well as at Savar, Keraniganj and Dhamrai upazilas in Dhaka districts this year.
About 60 percent of the capital’s demands for vegetables during the winter season are met from these areas. Favourable weather has helped farmers get a good harvest this season, traders said.
“The aforesaid districts saw a bumper yield of vegetables this year. Farmers of these areas are bringing their produce to the capital for a better price,” said Lokman Hossain, General Secretary of Karwan Bazar Kitchen Market Wholesalers’ Association.
About500 trucks and covered vans loaded with vegetables enter Karwan Bazar kitchen market every day. Of them, 200 to 250 are from greater Dhaka and neighbouring districts, he said.
“Vegetables in large quantities are brought to Shyambazar by road and waterways,” said Mohammad Mohsin Uddin, Treasurer of Shyambazar Krishi Panya Arot Banik Samity.
Loaded with vegetables, around 150 trucks and 50 boats, mainly from Munshiganj and Keraniganj, arrive at the wholesale
market every day, he said. Farmers from Singair upazila in Manikganj alone supply around 20 trucks of vegetables to the capital daily, said Abdur Rashid Sarder, a farmer in the area.
He cultivates mainly seasonal vegetables including radish, onion, potato, green chilli, and carrot.
“Vegetable production in Manikganj is expected to exceed last year’s production, thanks to favourable weather,” said Md Alimuzzaman, Deputy Director of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) in Manikganj.
The farmers of the district produced more than 2.10 lakh tonnes of vegetables in the last fiscal. “Vegetable production will increase this year as the country has not witnessed any major natural disaster,” he said. There has been a good yield of vegetables in Narsngdi, said Subhash Chanda Gayen, Deputy Director of DAE in the district.
“Farmers in this area are increasing crop production by 1-2 percent each year.” They mainly cultivate aubergine, cauliflower, cabbage, tomato, bean, bottle gourd and pointed gourd, he mentioned.
Vegetables of this district are not only supplied to Dhaka but also to different countries, he added.
Subhash said, the district DAE has set a target to cultivate vegetables on 8,800 hectares of land this year.
Vegetable production in different upazilas of Dhaka soared by more than 11 percent in five years from 2006.
The annual vegetable production was 2.34 lakh tonnes in 2010-11 in Dhaka district including Savar, Dhamrai, Keraniganj and Dohar, up from 2.10 lakh tonnes in 2006-07, according to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
However, farmers are yet to make profit from their produce as most of the profit goes to the middlemen, who buy farmers’ produce in bulk at a cheaper rate, and sell those at much higher price in the capital city.
Of the vegetables, a piece of bottle gourd sells at Tk40 to 50, ash gourd at Tk25 to 30, sweet gourd at Tk 20 to 50 based on size, bean at Tk25 per kg, brinjal at Tk 30 to Tk35, tomato at Tk70, tomato green at Tk25 to Tk30, bitter gourd at Tk 30 to Tk35, cucumber at Tk 40 to 50, okra at Tk 25 to 30, papaya at Tk 15, potato (old) at Tk26, potato (new) at Tk45, carrot at Tk 35, french at Tk 40, radish at Tk 10, parbal at Tk20 to 25, snake gourd at Tk30 to 35, pumpkin (medium size) Tk 35 to 50 per piece, cauliflower Tk15 to 25, cabbage Tk 15 to 20, coriander leaves at Tk 250, green chilli at Tk40 to 50, capsicum (red) at Tk450 kg and capsicum (green) at Tk250 to 300 per kg.
