BSS, Panchagarh :
Groundnut cultivation is gaining popularity among the farmers in all five upazilas in the district recently as soil and weather condition are very suitable for groundnut cultivation.
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said a total of 7,000 hectares of land has been brought under groundnut cultivation this year.
The farmers of the district have cultivated high yielding groundnut in their lands. Now it is being sold at Taka 2000 to 2400 per maund.
Ainal Huque, a farmer of Benghari village under Boda upazila said, last year, I have cultivated groundnut on my two bighas of land at a cost of Tk 7,000. I have earned Tk 26,000 by selling groundnut in the local market. He said, this year, I have cultivated groundnut on my four bighas of land and I am expecting Taka 50,000 more from the groundnut produce.
Another farmer Sunil Kumar of the village said, I have been getting good profit through cultivating groundnut on commercial basis for three years.
Deputy Director of DAE Md Asraf Ali told BSS the farmers of the district are showing great interest in cultivation groundnut.
Groundnut cultivation is gaining popularity among the farmers in all five upazilas in the district recently as soil and weather condition are very suitable for groundnut cultivation.
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said a total of 7,000 hectares of land has been brought under groundnut cultivation this year.
The farmers of the district have cultivated high yielding groundnut in their lands. Now it is being sold at Taka 2000 to 2400 per maund.
Ainal Huque, a farmer of Benghari village under Boda upazila said, last year, I have cultivated groundnut on my two bighas of land at a cost of Tk 7,000. I have earned Tk 26,000 by selling groundnut in the local market. He said, this year, I have cultivated groundnut on my four bighas of land and I am expecting Taka 50,000 more from the groundnut produce.
Another farmer Sunil Kumar of the village said, I have been getting good profit through cultivating groundnut on commercial basis for three years.
Deputy Director of DAE Md Asraf Ali told BSS the farmers of the district are showing great interest in cultivation groundnut.
