Bangladesh: Char people reaping rewarding profits from pumpkin cultivation

Published 2021년 1월 29일

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Poor communities in the Rangpur agricultural region of Bangladesh are experiencing profitability from pumpkin farming on char lands and dried-up riverbeds, a practice aided by intercropping and relay methods. This initiative, supported by various organizations, aims to help them overcome the economic challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery from flood damages. By cultivating pumpkins alongside other Rabi crops, thousands of families have successfully improved their livelihoods, with plans to harvest by May and sell the produce for profit. The low farming costs and high profit margins of pumpkin cultivation have made it a popular choice among farmers, especially in areas where other crops require pesticides, thereby facing restrictions.

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RANGPUR, Jan 29, 2021 (BSS) – Many char people are reaping rewarding profits currently from pumpkin farming using intercropping and relay methods on char lands and dried-up riverbeds in all five districts of Rangpur agriculture region. Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said char people are getting lucrative prices of newly harvested pumpkin now to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic situation along with recouping crop losses they incurred during last year’s floods. Deputy Director of the DAE at its regional office Agriculturist Md. Moniruzzaman said an increasing number of landless char and riverside people have cultivated pumpkin with other Rabi crops on char lands adopting intercropping and relay methods. Like in the past years, the DAE, Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institution (BARI), RDRS Bangladesh and many other organisations extended assistance to char people to promote crop cultivation on char lands this time. Senior Coordinator (Agriculture and ...

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sanstha