FruitsFrom tobacco to papaya: a Kushtia farmer spends Tk 60,000 and earns Tk 1.07 lakh on his first pick
Trained by the Jashore Region Sustainable Agricultural Extension Project, Jamirul Islam of Mashan village in Mirpur, Kushtia, gave up tobacco for a bigha of papaya and sold Tk 107,000 worth at Tk 15 a kilo on his first harvest. Extension officials say such alternative crops earn at least four times