Many people in this area have changed their fortunes by growing papaya, and Abu Bakkar Siddique is one of them. Just three bighas inherited from his father were his main asset. Deciding to plant papaya there brought him to today's success; papaya on just three bighas began to change his life.
From Saudi Arabia to the orchard
His story before becoming a farmer was different. Though the son of an ordinary farming family, he dreamed of a better life, which was not possible with little education, so he went abroad. Even after a long time in Saudi Arabia, he could not change his standard of living. But he used his experience of working in crop fields in the grey desert to build a farm after coming home, and even that beginning was hard.
Source: Shykh Seraj, Krishi Dibanishi. First published in Bengali on The Agro News.
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