BSS, Lalmonirhat :
Asma Begum, a spice farmer of Fulgachha village under Mogholhat union in Sadar upazila has crowned herself with tremendous success of farming different spices.
She cultivated black-pepper and cardamom for the last one year but she is now trying to cultivate spices in commercial basis.
Asma Begum is cultivating cinnamon, curry leaf, cumin, nigella seed, fenugreek leaf, fennel seed, black cumin in her nursery. She will get the production of the spice next year, she hoped.
“I am getting production of spice items citron, mint, bell-pepper, red-chili, coriander, fresh coriander, turmeric, garlic, onion and bay leaf from my nursery. I have been earning expected profit from the spices”, Asma said.
Asma Begum, wife Fakar Islam started spices farming four years back after getting an easy loan facility of Taka 60 thousand from a local NGO. She established a wonderful spice nursery at her homestead with the help her husband and four children.
Asma Begum makes profit from her nursery. Many nurserymen, local people, town dwellers come to her nursery every day for buying spice items’ plants. The NGO Muslim Aid Bangladesh also involved with her for making a market facility of her produced spices.
After meeting up family demand, I sell rest of my produced spice items especially black-pepper and cardamom, she said.
Asma’s husband Fakar Islam said I and our children are helping Asma for extending the nursery for farming spice items in commercial basis. But she faces setback due to lack of fund.
Local villager Kutub Miah said local people also getting an interest on spice farming after observing bright success of Asma Begum in the village.
Lalmonirhat Branch Manager of the NGO Muslim Aid Bangladesh Zahedul Islam said the organistaion will support Asma Begum for farming spice items as she brings bright success on spice farming that will encourage the local farmers also.
Ifat Kibria Al-Naim, a scientific officer of Spices Research Sub-Centre in Lalmonirhat said the soil of the district is very suitable for farming spices.
We are experimenting in the research centre how our farmers can get expected output from spice farming, he added.
Asma Begum, a spice farmer of Fulgachha village under Mogholhat union in Sadar upazila has crowned herself with tremendous success of farming different spices.
She cultivated black-pepper and cardamom for the last one year but she is now trying to cultivate spices in commercial basis.
Asma Begum is cultivating cinnamon, curry leaf, cumin, nigella seed, fenugreek leaf, fennel seed, black cumin in her nursery. She will get the production of the spice next year, she hoped.
“I am getting production of spice items citron, mint, bell-pepper, red-chili, coriander, fresh coriander, turmeric, garlic, onion and bay leaf from my nursery. I have been earning expected profit from the spices”, Asma said.
Asma Begum, wife Fakar Islam started spices farming four years back after getting an easy loan facility of Taka 60 thousand from a local NGO. She established a wonderful spice nursery at her homestead with the help her husband and four children.
Asma Begum makes profit from her nursery. Many nurserymen, local people, town dwellers come to her nursery every day for buying spice items’ plants. The NGO Muslim Aid Bangladesh also involved with her for making a market facility of her produced spices.
After meeting up family demand, I sell rest of my produced spice items especially black-pepper and cardamom, she said.
Asma’s husband Fakar Islam said I and our children are helping Asma for extending the nursery for farming spice items in commercial basis. But she faces setback due to lack of fund.
Local villager Kutub Miah said local people also getting an interest on spice farming after observing bright success of Asma Begum in the village.
Lalmonirhat Branch Manager of the NGO Muslim Aid Bangladesh Zahedul Islam said the organistaion will support Asma Begum for farming spice items as she brings bright success on spice farming that will encourage the local farmers also.
Ifat Kibria Al-Naim, a scientific officer of Spices Research Sub-Centre in Lalmonirhat said the soil of the district is very suitable for farming spices.
We are experimenting in the research centre how our farmers can get expected output from spice farming, he added.
