Groundnut farming gaining popularity in Panchagarh

 PANCHAGARH, Mar 1 (BSS): Groundnut cultivation is gaining popularity among the farmers in all five upazilas in Panchagarh district recently as soil and weather condition are very suitable for groundnut cultivation.

Department of Agriculture Extension(DAE) office sources said a total of 7,000 hectares of land has been brought under groundnut cultivation this year.

The farmers of the district have cultivated high yielding groundnut in their lands.

Now it is being sold at Taka 1,600 to Taka 1,800 per mound.Ainal Huque ,a farmer of Benghari village under Boda upazila said, last year,I have cultivated groundnut own my two bighas of land at a cost of only Taka 7,000.