Growers in Manikganj happy with fair price

Farmers in different upazilas of Mainikganj are mostly satisfied with the prices they have received so far for their produce in the early part of the winter. High demand for a variety of winter vegetables grown by the farmers has helped them earn healthy profits.

During a recent visit, this UNB Correspondent found that the farmers here have cultivated a wide variety of early winter vegetables including cauliflower, cabbage, cucumber, green gourd, red amaranth, radish, tomato, brinjal, etc.

Now they are passing a very busy period taking care of the vegetables in their fields from morning to dusk. Many of them have started collecting their produce from the fields and selling them to local retailers as well as wholesale markets every day, farmers said.

Fertile land and favourable weather conditions have led to the high growth of the vegetables and fuelled hopes among the farmers of realising a bumper crop this season too, said officials at Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE).

Farmers in seven upazilas have cultivated over 3,860 hectares of land under early variety winter vegetables.

 

Growers in Manikganj happy with fair price

Farmers in different upazilas of Mainikganj are mostly satisfied with the prices they have received so far for their produce in the early part of the winter. High demand for a variety of winter vegetables grown by the farmers has helped them earn healthy profits. During a recent visit, this UNB Correspondent found that the farmers here have cultivated a wide variety of early winter vegetables including cauliflower, cabbage, cucumber, green gourd, red amaranth, radish, tomato, brinjal, etc. Now they are passing a very busy period taking care of the vegetables in their fields from morning to dusk. Many of them have started collecting their produce from the fields and selling them to local retailers as well as wholesale markets every day, farmers said. Fertile land and favourable weather conditions have led to the high growth of the vegetables and fuelled hopes among the farmers of realising a bumper crop this season too, said officials at Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE). Farmers in seven upazilas have cultivated over 3,860 hectares of land under early variety winter vegetables.