On just 10 decimals of land in Sundarganj, Gaibandha, farmer Lutfur Rahman grows 10 to 12 kinds of crops. On one side are Malabar spinach, water spinach and red amaranth; on the other, pumpkin, snake gourd, carrot, aubergine and papaya. Dinajpur TV reported the story.
Beneath the greenery, ginger is growing in about 1,200 sacks, and right above the ginger he has built a trellis for bottle gourd, so the same patch is cropped both below and above.
Lutfur said ginger often rots when water stands in the soil, a loss that is hard to fix even with many treatments, so he plants it in sacks of treated soil; it needs only an occasional spray and no extra care. He began by growing safe vegetables for his family, then, on the agriculture office's advice, turned the mix into a planned system, and now earns from it as well as feeding his household.
Neighbours say the sack-ginger method has inspired them. The agriculture department says planned mixed cropping can give many crops from a small space, meeting family nutrition and adding income, and it has advised farmers to grow vegetables on unused land around their homes.
Photo: Franz Eugen Köhler / Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Source: Dinajpur TV
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