Fair to promote mung bean farming
A day-long fair was arranged to encourage Patuakhali farmers in cultivating mung bean as the coastal district is the most favourable area for farming the green crop.
Small and Medium Entrepreneur (SME) Club of Patuakhali unit yesterday organised the fair with the help of Patuakhali Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) and Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID).
Over 100 mung bean growers from different parts of the district took part in the fair at Patuakhali Gymnasium Auditorium.
Sekander Gazi, who has been cultivating mung bean in Sadar upazila for a decade, said it is a very profitable crop.
“I got 25 maunds of bean from my two acres of land by spending about Tk 10,000,” he said. He earned Tk 5 lakh by selling mung bean at Tk 20,000 per maund last year, said Sekander.
Cultivation of mung bean in the areas is increasing day by day considering its low production cost and favourable weather, said local growers.
Md Nazrul Islam Matobbar, deputy director of Department of Agriculture Extension, said as Patuakhali is the highest mung bean producing district across the country, 83,940 hectares of land have been brought under mung bean cultivation here this year.
Mohiuddin Ahmed, president of PCCI, said “Mung bean from Patuakhali has been exported to Japan experimentally and we are trying our best to encourage growers to cultivate this crop as they can earn foreign currency easily.”
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