Yellow cauliflower is more nutritious than white cauliflower and also better-looking, and it can be grown using only organic fertiliser. Three women from South Kumrakapan in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar have caused a stir with it: Fatema Begum, Nazira Begum and Rehena Begum. They succeeded in growing the winter vegetable on a trial basis for the first time in the area, and yellow cauliflower has already drawn a strong response from other farmers.
Farmers in South Kumrakapan, on the bank of the Dhalai river, are making a profit growing yellow cauliflower. Nutritious and cancer-preventing, yellow cauliflower offers the chance of high profit at low cost, and it sells for almost twice the price of the white cauliflower found in the market.
Cauliflower is an example of a vegetable that earns high profits at low cost. With modern methods and early planting, it will give a bumper yield and farmers will become self-reliant.
Costs and sales
Fatema Begum, Nazira Begum and Rehena Begum of South Kumrakapan grew yellow cauliflower on 35 decimals of land at a total cost of Tk 24,000-25,000. So far they have sold about Tk 50,000 worth. The profit would have been higher with early planting, and with winter vegetable prices currently low they will profit less than hoped.
Sohel Sikder, an agriculture officer of HEED Bangladesh, said: "With financial and technical support from the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation, implemented by HEED Bangladesh, farmers in South Kumrakapan village are profiting from coloured cauliflower. They have been given coloured cauliflower seedlings, organic fertiliser, pesticide, yellow cards, pheromone traps, training, regular field visits and advice."
Kamalganj upazila agriculture officer Joyanta Kumar Roy said: "Coloured cauliflower is as attractive to look at as it is full of nutrients. It contains plenty of antioxidants, vitamin C, beta carotene and cancer-preventing anthocyanin. Coloured cauliflower will add a new dimension to the agriculture of the future."
Source: Jagonews24. First published in Bengali on The Agro News.
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