The cultivation of Bangi fruit (a kind of melon) gains popularity in Narsingdi, Bangladesh

NARSINGDI, April 30, 2021 (BSS) – Cultivation of Bangi fruit (kind of melon) is gaining ground in the district due to its good market price and less risk in production. Successful yield of the juicy fruit brings a substantial amount of money to the farmers. Bangi is a delicious and nutritious fruit. It is generally cultivated in char lands where scope of others crop cultivation is limited. Hundreds of farmers in the char areas of Narsingdi Sadar, Raipura and Belabo upazilas have involved themselves in Bangi farming in the vast areas of infertile char lands of the Meghna and Arial Kha rivers for long and they are becoming self-reliant. Farmers of the char villages are used to cultivate Bangi on a commercial basis. With minimum financial involvement, the farmers can harvest thousands of Bangi fruit worth about Taka one lakh per acre of land. Shovan Kumar Dhar, deputy director of Department of Agriculture Extension, said over 1,000 acres of land have been brought under the Bangi ...