Demand for chemical free veg growing
Demand for chemical free veg growing
It's healthy, also profitable
A large number of farmers in the district are now farming chemical free vegetables as they earn huge profit due to their high demand in the local markets.
Production cost of chemical free vegetables is also less than that of other vegetables, farmers said, adding they now need only proper care and assistance to increase their output.
Laksmi Kanta Roy, vegetable grower at Durakuti village in Sadar upazila, said he had been farming chemical free vegetables for the last two years and the demand for them was increasing day by day.
“Our family members grow these vegetables and sell them in the local markets. Many neighbours also purchase chemical free vegetables from my home everyday,” he said.
“Now we are farming pumpkin, bitter gourd, carrot, beans, corriander, cabbage, cauliflower, spinach, brinjal, red amaranth and other vegetables without using chemical fertiliser or pesticide,” said Atul Chandra Roy, a vegetable grower at Durakuti village in Sadar upazila.
“We get less production of chemical free vegetables but we earn a good profit,” he said, adding he cultivated such vegetables on his two bighas of land this season.
Nazar Ali of Fulgachh village in the upazila said, they use vermicompost fertiliser for farming vegetables and never apply any pesticide to kill insects at the vegetable field.
“We use natural method like light trap to kill insects. For this we give huge labour and take proper care during farming chemical free vegetables,” he said.
“I have already earned Tk 25 thousand by selling vegetables grown on my two bigahs land and hope to earn more Tk 10 to 12 thousand this month,” he added.
Farmer Hashmot Ali Khan of Kamlabari village in Aditmari upazila said that many customers wait for arrival of chemical free vegetables in the market and they purchase them at high rate.
Ashraf Ali, a village doctor at Chaparhat village in Kaliganj upazila, said he always tries to consume chemical free vegetables and for this he pays advance money to the growers.
Deputy Director of Agriculture Extension Department in Lalmonirhat Safayet Hossain said, farmers at many villages have already started farming chemical free vegetables while others are taking interest to grow those.
They just need proper care and labour for farming chemical free vegetables, he said, adding that these vegetables are good for human body, soil and environment.