Cultivation of plantain, a high-energy nutritious animal feed, has begun in Bangladesh.
Research after growth promoters
After restrictions on growth promoters in animals, developed countries began research on organic and nutritious feed. In that line, grass produced under the management of the animal nutrition department of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) has already stirred interest among farmers.
From Iwate to Gilando
Dr Al Mamun, a young scientist in BAU's animal nutrition department, succeeded in 2009 in a long adaptation trial of plantain as part of his academic research at Iwate University in Japan.
Building on that, a trial plantain project is under way with six farmers in Gilando village, Manikganj, jointly funded by the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences and a United States agricultural agency.
Farmers and scientists hopeful
Farmers have already got an idea of the grass's nutritional value and benefits, and scientists are quite optimistic. Professor Dr Al Mamun of BAU says plantain could also be profitable for farmers as a field crop.
Source: Shykh Seraj, Hridoye Mati O Manush. First published in Bengali on The Agro News.
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