KHULNA , Oct 28, 2019 (BSS) – The government has fixed a target of
producing over 1.30 lakh tonnes winter vegetables from 6,555 hectares of land
for all nine upazilas including two metropolitans area in Khulna during the
current season.
Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said adequate
steps including providing necessary agro-inputs have been taken to achieve
the target of vegetable production.
Deputy Director of the DAE of Khulna Agriculturist Pankaj Kanti Majumdar
said the DAE, Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation and other agri
organisations are supplying necessary agri-inputs including quality seed
alongside providing latest technologies to farmers.
He said farmers are expanding farming of winter vegetables after getting
bumper productions with fair price in recent years.
“Side by side with cultivation of winter vegetables by farmers on the
mainland, hundreds of char people are farming winter vegetables on char lands
in riverine areas in coastal district Khulna to reap huge benefits in recent
years,” he said.
The farmers are early varieties of winter vegetables like cauliflower,
cabbage, radish, bean, carrot, brinjal, ‘tomato, ‘potol’, ‘Jhinga’,’Kakrol’,
green chili and other crops, he added.
He also predicted a bumper yield of winter vegetables during this season
following favourable climatic condition. “Cultivation of vegetables round the
year has become a highly profitable venture bringing self-reliance to
thousands of farmers in the mainland areas in Khulna,” Pankaj added.