RANGPUR, Jan 7 (BSS): Cultivation of highly profitable lemon has been expanding fast bringing fortune to hundreds of farmers, common people and distressed women everywhere in Rangpur region in recent years.
After getting repeated bumper production with lucrative price round the year in recent times, the farmers have been showing interests in expanded cultivation of lemon in their orchards, homesteads and fallow lands in rural areas.
According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) and NGO sources, some 3,000 farmers have achieved self-reliance through lemon farming in the region to change their fortune by selling lemon at fair price in a hassle-free manner.
Horticulture Specialist of the DAE Khandker Md Mesbahul Islam said cultivation of lemon has been expanding fast following its repeated bumper production in recent years, huge demand in the local markets with lucrative price round the year.
Profitable lemon cultivation brings fortune to farmers
FE Team | Published: January 08, 2015 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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