Bangladesh: Bogura farmers expanding dragon farming

Dragon fruit growers in Bogura district have started dreaming of success with farming as excellent growth of the trees is predicted surplus output this current season. The local farmers are becoming more enterprising due to the good production and price of this valuable fruit. Many people have started seeing the face of success. The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) is regularly advising the farmers to increase the cultivation of this fruit. Anyone can become self-sufficient by cultivating dragon fruit in the backyard and fallow land. In the gardens, dragon are hanging with innumerable beautiful flowers like white and yellow. As a result, they focus on amateur farming as well as commercial dragon cultivation. An amateur farmer Sekender Ali of Kahaloo area of the district is dreaming with the farming as he has brought two bighas of land under dragon farming last three years back investing Tk 50 thousand. He has got a good profit last year and expecting to make a handsome ...