Bangladesh: Bumper groundnut production likely in Rangpur

Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) predicted a bumper production of groundnut as its harvesting continues in full swing during the current Kharif-1 season in Rangpur agriculture region. Groundnut trader Mokhlesur Rahman at Rangpur City Bazar yesterday said that farmers are getting a lucrative price of their newly harvested groundnut between Tk 3,000 and 3,200 per mound (every 40 kilogram) in local markets. Earlier, the DAE had fixed a target of producing 8,359 tons of groundnut from 4,880 hectares of land for all five districts of Rangpur, Gaibandha, Kurigram, Nilphamari and Lalmonirhat in the region during this Kharif-1 season. Farmers have finally cultivated groundnut on 4,400 hectares of land, less by 480 hectares of land against the fixed farming target, in the region. They have already harvested groundnut on 3,186 hectares of land producing 5,929 tons of the crop at the average yield rate of 1.86 tons per hectare of land by Saturday. Talking to BSS, ...