Early variety bean brings good profit to growers
Cultivation of early variety bean has helped Abu Taleb of Dakkhin Dhumaitari village in Sundarganj upazila to overcome poverty as the item sell for much higher prices than the ones grown during the usual season.
Seeing his success, over 20 farmers of the area have started growing early variety of bean and other vegetables and earning much better than traditional agriculture products like paddy, wheat and jute.
“As I failed to get desired profit, sometimes even the production cost, from paddy and jute, I started growing early variety of beans on my two bighas of land five years ago. It brings much better return against relatively low production cost,” said Taleb.
This season he started plucking beans from his garden and it is selling at Tk 100 per kg, as consumers are taking it eagerly, as the season’s first yield.
It will reduce to Tk 30 in the peak season just after a month, he added further.
Despite hike in labourers’ wage and price of agriculture inputs, vegetable farming is still much profitable, said Taleb.
“Witnessing the success of Taleb Bhai, I started vegetable cultivation last year and got good profit,” said Alam Mia of the same village.
“This year I cultivated bean and other vegetables on two bighas of land. However, it requires much efforts to prepare the field for growing early variety vegetables, as the land remain swampy even after the end of rainy season,” said Alam.
Shamim Mia, a vegetable trader of Sundarganj Bazar, said now bean is selling at Tk 100 to Tk 120 per kg, but it will come down to Tk 20 only after a month.
Like bean, other early variety vegetables are costly now.
Syed Reza-e-Mahmud, upazila agriculture officer in Sundarganj, said, “Early variety vegetables bring good profit but its cultivation is difficult in flood-prone areas. High lands and homestead areas can be used for the purpose.”
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