Vegetable growers in Lalmonirhat are earning more than expected profits from selling their produces this season. Demand for winter vegetables from the northern districts has increased after Cyclone Bulbul damaged vast vegetable fields in the country’s southern region last month.
“We are getting 50 to 60 percent profit from selling vegetables this season,” said a farmer at Kamlabari village in the Aditmari district. Mozaharul Islam of Mogholhat village in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila said he has cultivated cauliflower and has started earning well. “Now I am selling each cauliflower at Tk 12 or 13 in the field but it was only Tk 6 or 7 in last year. The item sees a huge demand as a good number of traders from Dhaka are buying it from our field.”
A vegetable grower out of Durakuti village in the same district said he is now getting around 60 percent profit from the sale of bottle gourds, while it was 25 to 30 percent in last year.
A variety of vegetables have been cultivated on 9,000 hectares of land in five parts of the district, said officials of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) in Lalmonirhat: “Generally farmers get good profit from vegetable cultivation. This season they are getting more than expected prices. Our officials always provide technical support to farmers to help them get good yields,” said Bidhubhushon Roy, deputy director of DAE in the district.
[ Tk 100 = €1,10 ]
