Jhenaidah farmers make profit by cultivating off-season cauliflower, cabbage

JHENAIDAH, Sept 30 (UNB): Farmers in Jhenaidah are making good profit by cultivating cauliflower and cabbage in summer due to their huge demand among customers and high market price.

Farmers said that cultivation of the vegetables begins in Ashar (June-July) and some 3,500 to 4,000 seedlings can be planted on per bigha of land.

From planting seedling to harvest it takes over three months and farmers have to invest around Tk 25,000 to 30,000 for per bigha while the vegetables yielded from the lands can be sold over Tk 1000, 000, helping them to earn profit by around Tk 70, 000.

Farmer Monirul Islam shared, "This year, despite extreme heat and heavy rainfall, we managed to market our cabbage within 90 days."

On average, farmers yield about five tonnes of cabbage and three tonnes of cauliflower from per bigha.

Parvez, a farmer from Lakshmipur village, said that seeds, fertilisers, and pesticides cost around Tk 25,000 to 30,000 for per bigha.

He said they are making a good profit due to reasonable market prices this year. Moreover the farmers earned Tk 50,000 to 60,000 profit by selling cabbage from per bigha last year.