Farmers eying bumper banana production in Rangpur region, Bangladesh

Braving the Covid-19 pandemic, farmers are eying a bumper production of banana this year in Rangpur agriculture region where cultivation of the crop is continuously increasing. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) officials said farmers have cultivated bananas on 4,209 hectares of land, including on 2,559 hectares during the last Rabi season and 1,650 hectares during the current Kharif-1 season. Harvesting of bananas during the last Rabi season continues in full swing and farmers are happy getting an excellent output with better prices amid abundant supply of the nutritious fruit in the local markets across the region. Meanwhile, tender banana plants, cultivated during the current Kharif-1 season, are growing superbly amid excellent climate conditions as its harvesting will begin later this year in the region. “Farmers are showing keen interest now in farming bananas to meet their own nutrition, public nourishment and enhance immunity against the Covid-19 virus,” said ...