Manikganj groundnut growers get high output

MANIKGANJ, Apr 27 (BSS): The char farmers of Daulatpur, Shibalaya and Harirampur upazilas of the district are happy for getting bumper output of groundnut as harvesting of the crop has started on the barren char lands during the current Kharif-1 season.

The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials here said the groundnut is generally cultivated on the sandy land.

Experimentally, some local farmers started to cultivate groundnut on their barren land which would remain fallow all over the year in the char areas for the last few years, they said.

Seeing their success, a number of farmers now are cultivating groundnut in the vast char areas of the Jamuna and the Padma rivers, they further said.

The char farmers are getting fair prices of the crop between Tk 2,000 and Tk 2,400 per maund as per its quality while it has high demand in the local markets.

DAE office sources said a total of 2,412 hectares of land have been brought under groundnut farming during the season in the district, exceeding its fixed target of 2003 hectares of land.