Mintu Abdur Rahman, Rangpur :
The papaya cultivators under the district have become ecstatic as they are getting good yield of their produce during this year.
A good number of growers said that with the hope to earn handsome profit they cultivated papaya in recent times because they failed to make satisfactory profit from farming of potato and some other crops.
Nur Alam, a papaya grower of Balapara village at Haridevpur union in Rangpur sadar upazila told this correspondent that he cultivated papaya on one bigha (50 decimals) of land. He has around 600 papaya trees in his papaya field. He has already earned over Tk 80,000 by selling his produce during last four months and is expecting to earn more profit during the rest of the time.A good number of farmers of the region have changed their financial condition by papaya farming as its farming has proved lucrative in recent years, sources said.Presently, different kitchen markets of the region are overflowing with huge quantities of vegetables including papaya.
The quantity is on the rise as there has been a bumper production of the vegetable this year, said Asadul, a wholesaler at Rangpur city Bazar.According to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Rangpur official sources the soil of many areas in the district is very much suitable for vegetable cultivation. Farmers have been also earning good profit from cultivation of different varieties of vegetables including papaya in recent years. Growers are given necessary advices and assistances by the DAE officials in this regard, sources added.
The papaya cultivators under the district have become ecstatic as they are getting good yield of their produce during this year.
A good number of growers said that with the hope to earn handsome profit they cultivated papaya in recent times because they failed to make satisfactory profit from farming of potato and some other crops.
Nur Alam, a papaya grower of Balapara village at Haridevpur union in Rangpur sadar upazila told this correspondent that he cultivated papaya on one bigha (50 decimals) of land. He has around 600 papaya trees in his papaya field. He has already earned over Tk 80,000 by selling his produce during last four months and is expecting to earn more profit during the rest of the time.A good number of farmers of the region have changed their financial condition by papaya farming as its farming has proved lucrative in recent years, sources said.Presently, different kitchen markets of the region are overflowing with huge quantities of vegetables including papaya.
The quantity is on the rise as there has been a bumper production of the vegetable this year, said Asadul, a wholesaler at Rangpur city Bazar.According to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Rangpur official sources the soil of many areas in the district is very much suitable for vegetable cultivation. Farmers have been also earning good profit from cultivation of different varieties of vegetables including papaya in recent years. Growers are given necessary advices and assistances by the DAE officials in this regard, sources added.
