Jashore Correspondent :
Mug and Maskalai have been cultivated in Chowgacha upazila of Jashore district. The cultivation is highly profitable.
Farmers think that bumper yield will be possible due to favourable weather. According to the Upazila Agriculture Office, a record amount of Maskalai has been cultivated in this upazila this year. Due to low cost and high profit, farmers have become concentrated this cultivation. This year Mug has been cultivated in 240 hectares of land and Maskalai in 310 hectares of land in this Upazila. Out of six upazilas of Jashore district, only in Chougachha Upazila , Mas kalai has been cultivated in Swarupdah, Narayanpur, Sukhpukuria, Hakimpur, Jagadishpur, Patibila and MasKalai cultivation has been noticed more in Fulsara and Singhajhuli unions.
Depending on the type of soil, sources have confirmed that the cultivation of Maskalai Bari-3 and Mug Bari- 3 and Bari -4 has increased in the region.
Kadamtala and Madhabpur villages of Swarupdah union of the upazila, it can be seen that Maskalai has been cultivated in 30 bigha of land.
Farmer Kajal Hossain is busy in tending the field. He said that that in Maskalai cultivation, the labour is less and the profit is more so Maskalai cultivation is very popular among the farmers.
This season he has cultivated Maskalai in three bighas of land. In the month of Bhadra and Ashsin of the Bengali year, the land has to be prepared and sown with Maskalai seeds.
Then from the emergence of the Maskalai saplings the fruits come and ripen at their own pace.The farmer does not have to work very hard.
He said, if there is a good yield, 7/8 mounds are sold in one bigha of land, if the market price is good, it can be sold for two and a half to three thousand taka.
Like Kajal Hossain, farmers of Madhabpur village said that after the fruits come on the banana tree, scorpion and root borer insects appear.
Insect infestation can be prevented by spraying different types of pesticides especially in the amount of Simbus or Daisy mixed in water.
RoisUddin, Upazila Agriculture Officer, said farmers in the Upazila cultivated Mug more.
However, this year, along with Mug, Mas kalai has been cultivated extensively. This crops cultivation is a profitable crop, it is increasing every year.
He said that Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute has developed several high yielding varieties of Mug.
Among them are Bari Mug-2 (Kanti), Bari Mug-3 (Pragati) and Bari Mug-4 (Rupsa).
However, the farmers of Chaugachha region have cultivated Bari Mug-3 and 4 varieties more.
He said that the agriculture office is working to motivate all the farmers of the upazila in new farming methods.
Mug and Maskalai have been cultivated in Chowgacha upazila of Jashore district. The cultivation is highly profitable.
Farmers think that bumper yield will be possible due to favourable weather. According to the Upazila Agriculture Office, a record amount of Maskalai has been cultivated in this upazila this year. Due to low cost and high profit, farmers have become concentrated this cultivation. This year Mug has been cultivated in 240 hectares of land and Maskalai in 310 hectares of land in this Upazila. Out of six upazilas of Jashore district, only in Chougachha Upazila , Mas kalai has been cultivated in Swarupdah, Narayanpur, Sukhpukuria, Hakimpur, Jagadishpur, Patibila and MasKalai cultivation has been noticed more in Fulsara and Singhajhuli unions.
Depending on the type of soil, sources have confirmed that the cultivation of Maskalai Bari-3 and Mug Bari- 3 and Bari -4 has increased in the region.
Kadamtala and Madhabpur villages of Swarupdah union of the upazila, it can be seen that Maskalai has been cultivated in 30 bigha of land.
Farmer Kajal Hossain is busy in tending the field. He said that that in Maskalai cultivation, the labour is less and the profit is more so Maskalai cultivation is very popular among the farmers.
This season he has cultivated Maskalai in three bighas of land. In the month of Bhadra and Ashsin of the Bengali year, the land has to be prepared and sown with Maskalai seeds.
Then from the emergence of the Maskalai saplings the fruits come and ripen at their own pace.The farmer does not have to work very hard.
He said, if there is a good yield, 7/8 mounds are sold in one bigha of land, if the market price is good, it can be sold for two and a half to three thousand taka.
Like Kajal Hossain, farmers of Madhabpur village said that after the fruits come on the banana tree, scorpion and root borer insects appear.
Insect infestation can be prevented by spraying different types of pesticides especially in the amount of Simbus or Daisy mixed in water.
RoisUddin, Upazila Agriculture Officer, said farmers in the Upazila cultivated Mug more.
However, this year, along with Mug, Mas kalai has been cultivated extensively. This crops cultivation is a profitable crop, it is increasing every year.
He said that Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute has developed several high yielding varieties of Mug.
Among them are Bari Mug-2 (Kanti), Bari Mug-3 (Pragati) and Bari Mug-4 (Rupsa).
However, the farmers of Chaugachha region have cultivated Bari Mug-3 and 4 varieties more.
He said that the agriculture office is working to motivate all the farmers of the upazila in new farming methods.
