Bangladesh: Rajshahi kitchen markets bustling with summer vegetables

By Aynal Haque RAJSHAHI, May 21, 2021 (BSS) – Most of the kitchen markets in the region are currently buzzing with all summer vegetables like red amaranth, bottle gourd, spinach, lady’s finger, pointed gourd, bitter gourd, pumpkin and brinjal benefiting both growers and consumers. Vegetable farming brings a smile on farmers’ faces here as they are becoming financially solvent by cultivating various types of vegetables, meeting its growing demand amid the Covid-19 pandemic situation. At present, even many of the winter vegetables are being cultivated in the summer season. The farmers are seen showing their interests towards vegetable farming as they have been gaining more profit over the last couple of years. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has set a target to produce around 9.15 lakh tonnes of summer vegetables from 49,895 hectares of land in all eight districts under the division during the current Kharif-1 season. Sirajul Islam, additional director of the DAE, said ...