BSS, Rangpur :
The farmers produced over 4.50-lakh tonnes of fruits worth Taka 1,227 crore during the last 2017-2018 fiscal in Rangpur agriculture region to achieve self-reliance after meeting nourishment.
Horticulture Specialist of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Khondker Md Mesbahul Islam said farmers are expanding fruit cultivation every year getting repeated bumper production and lucrative price in recent years.
“Some 41,500 farmers and common people have achieved self-reliance through fruit cultivation that has become a profitable agricultural venture in the region in last ten years,” he said.
During the 2017-2018 fiscal, farmers cultivated 42 varieties of high-priced, quick growing, high yielding, hybrid and indigenous varieties of fruits on 24,805 hectares of land in the region and produced 4.50- lakh tonnes worth Taka 1,227 crore.
The farmers produced over 4.50-lakh tonnes of fruits worth Taka 1,227 crore during the last 2017-2018 fiscal in Rangpur agriculture region to achieve self-reliance after meeting nourishment.
Horticulture Specialist of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Khondker Md Mesbahul Islam said farmers are expanding fruit cultivation every year getting repeated bumper production and lucrative price in recent years.
“Some 41,500 farmers and common people have achieved self-reliance through fruit cultivation that has become a profitable agricultural venture in the region in last ten years,” he said.
During the 2017-2018 fiscal, farmers cultivated 42 varieties of high-priced, quick growing, high yielding, hybrid and indigenous varieties of fruits on 24,805 hectares of land in the region and produced 4.50- lakh tonnes worth Taka 1,227 crore.
