Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj :
Vegetable production has been tremendous in the last 10 years in Bangladesh. New jobs, increasing income and reducing poverty are the success of the worlds third largest vegetables producer after China and India.
Vegetable farming on floating beds has become popular in hoar-based upazilas in Kishoreganj. Thousands of farmers in Haor areas are happy to earn good profit.
This farming method is spreading in different water body areas of Itna, Karimganj, Mithamoin, Austagram, Tarail, Bajitpur, and Nikli upazilas.
In fact, a huge potential is new farming method, said official sources.
A visit found farming of vegetables on floating beds in different canals and beels in haor areas. Mithamoin Upazila Agriculture Officer Md Tomij Uddin was seen inspecting floating beds by boat.
He said, “We are giving advice to growers by going to different beels. Beds are being made with hyacinths.”
Additional Deputy Director of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) Dr Mohit Kumar Dey said, a floating bed can be more or less 30 feet long and 4.5 feet wide. The bed has three layers. Raw materials for making a bed are available in water body areas. Red spinach, Malabar spinach, ridge gourd, cucumber, bottle gourd and pumpkin can be cultivated on floating beds.
He also said, to encourage haor people towards vegetable farming, Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute and DAE are providing floating beds for free among growers. Deputy Director of Agriculture Department in Kishoregnaj Md Saiful Alam told the New Nation, “By farming on floating bed, vegetables can be sold after meeting local demand. We are Reaching this technology to haor region where water remains for the whole year. There is demand for vegetables in this method.”
Vegetable production has been tremendous in the last 10 years in Bangladesh. New jobs, increasing income and reducing poverty are the success of the worlds third largest vegetables producer after China and India.
Vegetable farming on floating beds has become popular in hoar-based upazilas in Kishoreganj. Thousands of farmers in Haor areas are happy to earn good profit.
This farming method is spreading in different water body areas of Itna, Karimganj, Mithamoin, Austagram, Tarail, Bajitpur, and Nikli upazilas.
In fact, a huge potential is new farming method, said official sources.
A visit found farming of vegetables on floating beds in different canals and beels in haor areas. Mithamoin Upazila Agriculture Officer Md Tomij Uddin was seen inspecting floating beds by boat.
He said, “We are giving advice to growers by going to different beels. Beds are being made with hyacinths.”
Additional Deputy Director of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) Dr Mohit Kumar Dey said, a floating bed can be more or less 30 feet long and 4.5 feet wide. The bed has three layers. Raw materials for making a bed are available in water body areas. Red spinach, Malabar spinach, ridge gourd, cucumber, bottle gourd and pumpkin can be cultivated on floating beds.
He also said, to encourage haor people towards vegetable farming, Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute and DAE are providing floating beds for free among growers. Deputy Director of Agriculture Department in Kishoregnaj Md Saiful Alam told the New Nation, “By farming on floating bed, vegetables can be sold after meeting local demand. We are Reaching this technology to haor region where water remains for the whole year. There is demand for vegetables in this method.”
