NARSINGDI, May 6, 2020 (BSS) – Over 500 poor families of Jinardee Union
and Ghorashal Pourashava areas under polash upazila of the district have
become self-reliant through commercial farming of the honey queen variety of
pineapple.
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said a good number of
farmers mainly in three villages — Rabon, Borabo ,Jinardee– and some hilly
areas of Ghorshal Pourashava have involved themselves in cultivating honey
queen variety pineapple, a popular and juicy fruit across the country for a
long time considering its economic prospect.
DAE’s deputy director Shovan Kumar Dhar told BSS that during the current
season, some 1200 acres of land of these areas have been brought under
pineapple cultivation.
He said with the necessary help and logistic support of DAE, huge
quantities of pineapple are being produced in Polash Upazila.
He also said though this variety of pineapple is small in size, but it is
very tasty with excellent flavor.
This BSS correspondent recently found farmers’ business in harvesting
pineapple in their gardens while visiting Jinardee, Raban and Borabo villages
of Polash upazila.
Rabindranath, a fortunate farmer of village Raban, changed his lot by
cultivating honey queen variety of pineapple in his radish high land.
Talking to BSS, he said this year he planted 4000 saplings of pineapple on
his five bigas of land which cost only Tk 10000.
He expressed his satisfaction over the production this year.
He is hopeful to earn about Tk 1,50000 by selling pineapple while
currently he selling a single piece of pineapple at Tk 35 to 40 in the local
market.
Like Rabindranath, a number of farmers have also changed their lots by
farming pineapple.