Thursday 14 November 2024 ,
Thursday 14 November 2024 ,
Latest News
14 December, 2015 12:58:00 AM
Print

Onion growers happy over good production, price

Our Correspondent, Faridpur
Onion growers happy over good production, price
Farmers arrange �Murikata� variety of onions on sale in Charbhadrasan Bazaar of Faridpur recently. Independent Photo

Farmers in Faridpur district are happy with the onion yield and reasonably good prices of the winter crop this season. Harvesting of transplanted ‘Murikata’ variety of onion has already started in different places of the district and is being sent to the kitchen markets across the country. According to market sources, onion is being sold at Tk 1,500 to Tk 1,600 per maund (37.34kg). Some farmers have expressed satisfaction over onion price prevailing in several markets in the district.
Onions are of three kinds—Murikata, Hali and Dana. Murikata onions are harvested in December, Hali in March and Dana in April. Each variety takes nearly three month’s time to mature after plantation. Khalilur Rahman, a farmer of Char Madhabdia area in Sadar upazila, said he cultivated Murikata variety of onion on one bigha (33 decimals) of land and got 30 to 35 maunds of yield. His onion sale proceeds would go up to Tk 48,000 to Tk 50,000, while production cost is about Tk 25,000.
Farmer Siddique of Haji Dangi village in Char Bhadrasan upazila said he cultivated the variety on 15 decimals of high land and got 20 maunds of output. His net profit is about Tk 15,000d exclusive of all costs, he said adding the climate has favoured the onion farming during the current season. Majid Sheikh, a marginal farmer of Talma area in Nagarkanda upazila, said he cultivated onion on ten decimals of land in the current season and yield is comparatively well because of the favourable climate. His net profit from onion cultivation is nearly Tk 8,000, he said. GM Abdur Rouf, deputy director of Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Faridpur said a total of 5,250 hectares of land have been brought under Murikata onion cultivation in nine upazilas of the district. He also said agricultural inputs—fertiliser and pesticide – have been made available for the farmers for producing Rabi crops, including Murikata onion.

Comments

Most popular  
On News
  • Most Viewed
Video
More News Stories
Tk 30lakh compensation sought A writ petition was filed with the High Court yesterday seeking its directives for providing Tk 30 lakh as compensation for the death of minor boy Ismail Hossain Nirab after he fell into a manhole in the city’s Shyampur area,…

Copyright © All right reserved.

Editor : M. Shamsur Rahman

Published by the Editor on behalf of Independent Publications Limited at Media Printers, 446/H, Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka-1215.
Editorial, News & Commercial Offices : Beximco Media Complex, 149-150 Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka-1208, Bangladesh. GPO Box No. 934, Dhaka-1000.

Editor : M. Shamsur Rahman
Published by the Editor on behalf of Independent Publications Limited at Media Printers, 446/H, Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka-1215.
Editorial, News & Commercial Offices : Beximco Media Complex, 149-150 Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka-1208, Bangladesh. GPO Box No. 934, Dhaka-1000.

Disclaimer & Privacy Policy
....................................................
About Us
....................................................
Contact Us
....................................................
Advertisement
....................................................
Subscription

Powered by : Frog Hosting