Motor parts trader turns successful farmer
A battery and motor parts trader in the city has turned into a fruit and vegetable farmer as he wanted to give his son fruit and vegetables that have not been treated by chemicals.
“Rajin, my eight-year-old son, always wanted to eat fruits but I could not give him any because the fruits in the market are treated with chemicals. Then I started malta farming on some of my three acres of inherited land four years ago. Now I cultivate mango and bottle gourd. I have also started fish farming there,” said Sadik Hossain, 40, of Dinar village in Sadar upazila.
“I have been farming bottle gourd for the last three years. I cultivated at least 300 plants in my farm and earned Tk 30,000 by selling the produce. I sell 80 to 100 gourds every week for Tk 40 to Tk 60 each. The season will continue up to March,” he added.
“I do not use any chemicals in my garden because I know they are harmful,” Sadik said.
District Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) Deputy Director Fazlul Haque said over a hundred farmers of Sadar, Banaripara and Ujirpur upazilas have cultivated bottle gourd and earned huge profit.
He said DAE block supervisors advise farmers to cultivate vegetables, and cultivation is increasing.
Sadik told this correspondent that people, especially marginal farmers, are being benefited by bottle guard farming in this area.
According to DAE officials and farmers, bottle gourd farming has gradually gained popularity in the area in the last two or three years. Suitable weather, low production cost and good demand encouraged the farmers, they said.
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