UNB, Faridpur :
Cultivation of hybrid mustard is on the rise in Sadar upazila of the district as its cultivation proved to be more profitable than other crops.
They are cultivating the crops under a special programme of Department of Agricultural Extension.
“As an additional crop, we are now cultivating hybrid mustard after the end of Aman and Boro seasons,” said farmers Hafiz Mandal, Rahman Pramanik from Ambikapur area of Faridpur Sadar while talking to UNB.
“With the current market price of per maund mustard at Tk 25, we hope to earn Tk 12,000-Tk 14,000 from per bighas of land this season. It costs around Tk 5000-6000 to cultivate mustard on a bigha of land,” said the farmers.
According to the Faridpur Agriculture Extension Department, around 7510 hectares land in the district were brought under cultivation of different types of mustard like Bari-14, bari-15, Tori-7 or Maghi mustard and Rai mustard.
Around 3500 kilograms of hybrid seeds were distributed among around 3500 farmers in the district this season. Some 70,000 kg of DAP fertilizer and 35,000 kg MOP were given as incentives, it added.
Md Abul Basar Maih, Sadar Upazila Agriculture Officer, said Agriculture Extension Department is trying to turn the three-crops cultivating land into four-crops ones. “We are suggesting the farmers to cultivate less time consuming variety of mustard like Tori-7 after harvesting Aman crops.”
The demand of country’s edible oil is fulfilled with imported products. But it will be possible to export edible oil after meeting local demand through cultivating hybrid mustard, he added.
