‘Mungbean farming brings profit’

RANGPUR: Agriculture experts at a farmers’ field day have advocated for expanded cultivation of short duration mungbean as an additional cash crop to bring more profits to the farmers side by side with improving soil health, reports BSS. The experts expressed the view at the event organised by RDRS Bangladesh, a non-government organization, on cultivation technologies of BARI Mug-6 and harvesting the crop at village Jhaljhali under Rajagaon union in Sadar upazila of Thakurgaon district on Thursday. The field day was arranged for disseminating farming technology of mungbean adopting the newly evolved quadruple cropping pattern of ‘Short duration Aman rice-mustard-mungbean-Aus rice’ among farmers to get four crops on same land annually. The NGO evolved the cropping pattern last year under Promoting Agricultural Commercialization and Enterprises (PACE) Project with financial and technical assistance of Polli Karma Sohayok Foundation. Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila Agriculture Officer Anisur Rahman attended the event as chief guest with chairman of Rajagaon Union Federation Anil Chandra Barman in the chair. Sadar Upazila Agriculture Extension Officer Pronoy Bishan Das, programme manager (filed coordination) of RDRS Bangladesh for Thakurgaon Ziaul Islam and Rajagaon Union Parishad Chairman Simanto Kumar Barman addressed as special guests.
Agriculture officer of RDRS Bangladesh for Thakurgaon Rabiul Islam delivered the welcome speech on the occasion participated by over 200 male and female farmers of the area, NGO and public representatives, local elite and journalists. “The NGO has extended assistance to 150 member-farmers of 3 Farmers’ Filed Schools of Rajagaon and Ruhea unions under Thakurgaon Sadar upazila in setting up mungbean exhibition plots on one bigha of land each this season,” he said. Ziaul Islam said the newer cropping pattern helps the farmers harvesting the short duration and high yielding variety BARI Mug 6 in 65 to 70 days to get an average yield rate of 1.2 tonnes per hectare or 4 mounds per bigha bringing more profits.
“Adoption of the cropping pattern enhances cultivation of mungbean and mustard to lessen dependence on imports of pulses and edible oil along with increasing biomass and organic matters to improve soil health and fertility,” he added. The chief guest called for expanded farming of BARI Mug 6 to earn more profits and meet pulse demand saving foreign exchange side by side with improving soil health and saving huge underground water.

 

Mungbean farming brings profit

RANGPUR: Agriculture experts at a farmers field day have advocated for expanded cultivation of short duration mungbean as an additional cash crop to bring more profits to the farmers side by side with improving soil health, reports BSS. The experts expressed the view at the event organised by RDRS Bangladesh, a non-government organization, on cultivation technologies of BARI Mug-6 and harvesting the crop at village Jhaljhali under Rajagaon union in Sadar upazila of Thakurgaon district on Thursday. The field day was arranged for disseminating farming technology of mungbean adopting the newly evolved quadruple cropping pattern of Short duration Aman rice-mustard-mungbean-Aus rice among farmers to get four crops on same land annually. The NGO evolved the cropping pattern last year under Promoting Agricultural Commercialization and Enterprises (PACE) Project with financial and technical assistance of Polli Karma Sohayok Foundation. Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila Agriculture Officer Anisur Rahman attended the event as chief guest with chairman of Rajagaon Union Federation Anil Chandra Barman in the chair. Sadar Upazila Agriculture Extension Officer Pronoy Bishan Das, programme manager (filed coordination) of RDRS Bangladesh for Thakurgaon Ziaul Islam and Rajagaon Union Parishad Chairman Simanto Kumar Barman addressed as special guests. Agriculture officer of RDRS Bangladesh for Thakurgaon Rabiul Islam delivered the welcome speech on the occasion participated by over 200 male and female farmers of the area, NGO and public representatives, local elite and journalists. The NGO has extended assistance to 150 member-farmers of 3 Farmers Filed Schools of Rajagaon and Ruhea unions under Thakurgaon Sadar upazila in setting up mungbean exhibition plots on one bigha of land each this season, he said. Ziaul Islam said the newer cropping pattern helps the farmers harvesting the short duration and high yielding variety BARI Mug 6 in 65 to 70 days to get an average yield rate of 1.2 tonnes per hectare or 4 mounds per bigha bringing more profits. Adoption of the cropping pattern enhances cultivation of mungbean and mustard to lessen dependence on imports of pulses and edible oil along with increasing biomass and organic matters to improve soil health and fertility, he added. The chief guest called for expanded farming of BARI Mug 6 to earn more profits and meet pulse demand saving foreign exchange side by side with improving soil health and saving huge underground water.