Early cauliflower yield delights growers, consumers

RAJSHAHI, Oct 22 (BSS): Farming of early cauliflower has gradually been gaining popularity as it's making both farmers and consumers delighted in the region, including its vast Barind tract, for the last couple of years.

The non-season vegetables are giving better profit to the growers compared to the winter season at present, inspiring more people to cultivate the cash crop.

Cauliflower is mainly a winter vegetable but the farmers have been cultivating it during the summer season in the region for the last couple of years to earn more money as the consumer-level demand is gradually mounting. Meanwhile, the vegetable crop has been appearing in both wholesale and retail markets for the last couple of weeks satisfactorily.

As a whole, it has become a boon for many grassroots farmers for its economic prospect in the region side by side with bringing crop diversity and making the local economy vibrant.

Monirul Islam, a resident of Dhamila village, said the cauliflower is being sold at Taka 70 to 80 in the retail market. Around one week back, the price was much higher.