Alamin, an educated young man from Mirpur upazila in Kushtia, tried to build a future abroad and did not succeed. Instead of giving up, he went back to farming. At the far end of Bajitpur in Malihad union, on the Alamdanga fields, he has planted an orchard of malta and orange that now has about 170 trees.
He worked in farming early in life, then tried to go abroad, but the move never happened. He plans to grow the small orchard into a full farm, add new varieties of fruit trees and expand its area.
Mirpur upazila nirbahi officer Afroz Shaheen Khasru and upazila agriculture officer Motiyar Rahman visited the orchard recently with sub-assistant agriculture officers and local union council members. They looked at the care of the trees, the likely yield, pests and disease, and soil and water management, and gave him advice.
With regular care, the right fertiliser management, pest and disease control and modern farming practice, the orchard can yield well, Motiyar Rahman said, adding that the agriculture department would give Alamin the advice and support he needs. Educated young people coming into farming will bring change, he said, and initiatives like Alamin's will draw others in.
The report notes that the path of a farm entrepreneur is not easy, with bad weather, pests and disease, swings in market prices and a lack of capital among the obstacles. Alamin intends to keep going regardless.
The report is by SM Jamal, Barta24's staff correspondent in Kushtia.
Photo: Abu Sayeed / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Source: Barta24
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