Good profits this year by organically farming bottle gourd in Gopalganj District, India

Published 2020년 10월 20일

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Over 50 farmers in Gopalganj district, Bangladesh, have seen substantial profits from organically farming bottle gourd this year, thanks to loans, training, and advanced techniques from the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE). The approach included using high-yield varieties, modern mulching and cutting methods, and coco dust fertilizer, leading to higher yields and cost savings. Despite challenges from floods and the pandemic, the method has proven successful, with one farmer already making a profit of Tk80,000 and expecting more. Other farmers have also reported good yields of nutritious products, and the DAE plans to provide more support for organic vegetable cultivation.

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Over 50 farmers in Gopalganj district have made good profits this year by organically farming bottle gourd. The districts’ Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) provided loans and training to the farmers, leading to a much higher yield than the farmers had expected. The use of high-yield varieties of the plant, modern mulching and cutting methods, and using coco dust as fertilizer made bottle gourd cultivation much cheaper for the farmers. According to the DAE office, at least 50 farmers of 5 upazilas of the district received loans and training under the National Agricultural Technology Program (NATP) to cultivate bottle gourds amid the devastating floods this year. A field of bottle gourd at Chargobra village in Gopalganj’s Sadar upazila | Dhaka Tribune One such farmer, Ayub Ali from Sadar’s Chargobra village, said he cultivated the vegetable on 52% of his land and got thrice the usual yield. He said: “I applied coco dust as fertilizer in addition to cutting and mulching the ...

Source: DhakaTribune