Farmers eying bumper banana production in Rangpur region, Bangladesh

Published 2021년 7월 2일

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In the Rangpur agricultural region, farmers are expecting a good banana harvest this year on 4,209 hectares of land, despite the pandemic. They have successfully cultivated bananas in all 58 upazilas of Rangpur, Gaibandha, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, and Nilphamari districts, with assistance from the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) and other organizations. Banana cultivation is becoming popular as a source of nutrition and income, with farmers planting bananas and other crops in a relay method. The DAE and NGOs are providing the latest technologies and assisting farmers to expand banana cultivation and improve their livelihoods.

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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 ...

Source: DhakaTribune