Bangladesh: Vegetable farming on floating beds changing farmers' fortune

Published 2021년 9월 27일

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Vegetable farming on floating beds in Netrakona, Bangladesh, is proving successful in haor areas, offering a profitable alternative to traditional farming affected by floods and natural disasters. Farmers are cultivating various vegetables, including cucumber and tomato, in waters like Coma Beel, with high yield and low production cost. This method, which requires less input like fertilizers and pesticides, is loved by farmers and has become a source of profit by meeting local demand and selling surplus in markets. However, farmers are calling for the establishment of cold storage and improved communication systems. The local agriculture department is supporting and advising farmers, and the Department of Agriculture Extension in Netrakona sees this as a way for farmers to become self-sufficient and profitable, especially in the off-season.

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NETRAKONA: Vegetable farming on floating beds in water-bodies is gaining popularity in haor areas of the district, as it holds the prospect of changing farmers' fortunes. Due to floods and natural calamities, vegetables could not be produced in this area. The farmers are now cultivating different types of vegetables, including cucumber, pumpkin, lady's finger, snake gourd and tomato, in an alternative way. Farmers are happy with the method that gives them a good yield at low production cost. Many farmers are making good profit by selling their vegetables produced in the floating beds. In the monsoon, when croplands remain flooded, demand for the vegetables is being met from Netrakona and its surrounding areas. According to local sources, the Coma Beel waters in Purbadhala in the district are now full of vegetation. Abdul Monayem Khan, a farmer of the Coma Beel, said, "The farmers are benefiting as there is no additional cost of inputs, including fertilisers and pesticides, in the ...

Source: The Financial Express