Our Correspondent
RANGPUR, May 26: The water pumpkin (Jali Kumra) growers across the district are optimistic of attaining a good yield of the vegetable during the current season.
Sources said the farmers of the region have geared up vegetables farming including water pumpkin during the current season with much enthusiasm as they made huge profit last year from the cultivation of the same. The farmers of the district are expected to attain a good yield of their produces this season as they prefer farming vegetables to other crops, sources further said.
Visiting Ranipukur union of Mithapukur upazila this correspondent found the farmers busy taking care of their pumpkin fields. Some delighted farmers were also harvesting their produces abundantly in their fields.
Abdul, a farmer of Jummakhanpara of Ranipukur union told The Financial Express that he has been farming water pumpkin for the last two years. He is fortunate enough farming this vegetable, as its farming gives him good profit, he added.
Akkas Ali another vegetable grower of Nabdiganj village at Pirgachha upazila said he has already earned Tk 10,000 by selling water pumpkin, produced in his lands and he is optimistic of earning more profit.
According to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Rangpur official sources water pumpkin and some other varieties of vegetables farming have gradually gained popularity in the region during last five or six years.
The local markets are witnessing trading of a large quantity of the vegetables everyday. The quantity is on the rise as there has been a bumper production of the different varieties of vegetable this year, said Taslim, a wholesaler at Rangpur city Bazar.
Besides, the farmers of many areas under the region are attaining success in growing chemical free or poison-free vegetables including water pumpkin by using eco-friendly pest management method like pheromone trap, sources informed.
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