Farmers See a Bright Future in Coloured Cauliflower
In Natore's Gurudaspur, Md Abdul Alim of Bilkathor village has succeeded with yellow and purple cauliflower on a first trial, the first coloured cauliflower grown in the district.
In Natore's Gurudaspur, Md Abdul Alim of Bilkathor village has succeeded with yellow and purple cauliflower on a first trial, the first coloured cauliflower grown in the district.
A disease that blackened and scorched tomato plants has destroyed the crop of 12 farmers on 160 decimals at Imamnagar in Sitakunda's Bhatiary union, and farmers accuse the local agriculture officer of never visiting.
A farmer in Rajoir, Madaripur, has lost tomatoes on two bigha of land, about 6,000 plants, after applying a pesticide to control insects, a loss he puts at Tk 15 lakh to Tk 20 lakh.
Farmer Md Abu Sayeed hopes to earn Tk 50 lakh from tomatoes grown on hill slopes about 300 feet above the plain at Mestarir Char in Matiranga, Khagrachhari.
Purple "Valentina" and yellow "Carotina" cauliflowers fetch double the price of white ones, and farmers in Shariatpur are growing more of them each year.
Farmer Ataur Rahman of Sharsha in Jashore has profited from growing an early summer IPSA-1 hybrid bean variety, one of 45 hectares of early beans in the upazila this year.
Coloured cauliflowers have been grown in Sitakunda, Chattogram, for the second year, with the number rising from 1,200 to 12,000.
Brinjal farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, are earning well, many of them from the high-yielding tal begun variety.
Farmer Abul Hasim in Pakundia, Kishoreganj, has earned a lakh taka from coloured cauliflower grown with organic fertiliser only.
Two farmers in Sitakunda, Chattogram, have had a good yield from beetroot in their first attempt at the crop.
Farmer Muslim Uddin has succeeded in growing squash on a trial plot of 10 decimals in Katachhara union, Mirsarai.
Farmer Nur Alam has succeeded at his first attempt at growing carrots in Mirsarai, Chattogram.
Farmers across Feni are turning to the high-yielding Udayan Plus tomato, drawn by good prices and relatively low labour and costs.