Bangladesh: A village of vegetable-saplings repute

Published 2021년 10월 5일

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The article highlights the economic activity in Bangladesh's Shameshpur village in Cumilla district, famous for its winter vegetable sapling sales worth approximately Tk 30 million annually. Over a century, this community has built a lucrative business from producing and selling a variety of vegetable saplings, including gourd, bottle gourd, brinjal, tomato, and snake gourd, which are distributed across the country. Despite the profitability of this venture, farmers lament the lack of support from local agricultural departments, facing challenges in seed and fertilizer procurement and advice. However, the Department of Agricultural Extension in Cumilla has shown commitment to addressing these issues, signaling hope for the community of Shameshpur.

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CUMILLA: The farmers of Shameshpur village of Burichang upazila in Cumilla district are now busy selling winter vegetable saplings. Every year from September to November, vegetable saplings worth about Tk 30 million (three crore) are sold from this village. It is now known as a village of vegetable saplings. Winter is yet to come. Talking to some villagers it is learnt that before the advent of winter, they produce seedlings by making seedbeds. They are producing almost all the winter vegetable seedlings for making a profit. Monir Hossain, a farmer from Shameshpur village, said, "During the three months (from September to November), more than 100 families in the village produce and sell saplings at least three times." Monir further said he is now producing vegetable saplings on eight decimals of land at a cost of Tk 80,000. It will cost Tk 0.24 million (2 lakh 40 thousand) to produce saplings three times in the whole season. If the weather remains favourable, the profit will be ...

Source: The Financial Express