Commercial farming of guava gains popularity

Commercial farming of high-yielding guava is gaining popularity in Rajshahi region including both char (riverbed) of the Padma river and mainland as the farmers reap better yield and get fair market price of the fruit, reports BSS.

Farmers of most of the char areas like Alatoly, Diar Manik Chalk, Asariadaha, Mazar Diar, Taranagar, Khidirpur, Khanpur, Shayampur and Gargori are seen cultivating guava along with other seasonal fruits and cereal crops on commercial basis.

More than 105 hectares of land were brought under the guava farming only in Char Mazar Diar village under Paba upazila of the district, sources said.

"I have a Thai guava orchard on two and a half bighas of land. I have been harvesting guava from the orchard during last couple of years and getting a better yield," said Md Kabatullah, a farmer of the village.

Mozam Uddin, another farmer said, "I have been gaining good profit cultivating guava on commercial basis for the last several years".

Some other farmers including Syed Ali, Humayun Kabir and Raju Ahmed also echoed the success stories.