Farmers expect bumper bean yield in Pabna
Monday, 29 November 2010
Our Correspondent
PABNA, Nov 28: Farmers of Pabna are expecting a bumper bean production during the current season as vast areas were brought under cultivation and weather remained favourable. Some 2,500 hectares were brought under bean cultivation this season and beans worth about Tk 0.8 billion is expected to be produced, according a source of Agricultural Extension Department.
Of the total area, about 1,300 hectares were cultivated in Ishwardi and Atgharia Upazilas using intensive cultivation method, the DAE source said. Nearly 4,000 farmers of 40 villages of the two upazilas have changed their lot by cultivating beans.
Shah Jamal, a farmer of Ishwardi Upazila in Faridpur district brought 'Ipsha' and local variety of bean seeds from Jessore a few years back and cultivated bean one bigha of land. He made a profit of Tk 15,000 in one year. Encouraged by Jamal's success, many farmers took to cultivate beans in the district.
Now vast areas have brought under bean cultivation of the district. The areas include Faridpur, Atghariapara, Ramnathpur, Goalbathan, Potirajpur, Sobaikandi, Muladoli, Abdullahpur, Bagh Asla, Bet Baria, Bamnathpur, Sheikhpara and Marmipara of Ishwardi upazila, and Bameshwarpur, Nazimrampur, Alampur, Durgapur, Kakmari, Darbeshpur Chandpur, Gormatia, Gopalpur and Rampur of Atgharia Upazila.
DAE sources said on average 60-65 mounds (one mound equal 37.3242 kilogram) of beans are produced on a bigha each season.
Mohammad Nasiruddin, a bean cultivator of Muladoli Union said he had cultivated bean on 10 bighas of land this season at a cost of Tk 120,000.
He is already selling around 20 mounds of bean daily and expects to earn a net profit of Tk 400,000 at the end of the year.
Like Nasiruddin many farmers have achieved success in bean cultivation, which has been gaining popularity among the farmers here.
Due to massive bean production in the area, a big wholesale market of bean has been set up at Muladoli on the Dhaka-Pabna highway and this creates employment for many local people.
Local traders said around 30/35 trucks of beans are supplied daily to various parts of the country, including the capital. The supply is expected to double within a few days.
Abdul Khaleq, a field officer of DAE, said bean cultivators were given training through the IPM and NCDP field schools on how to control pest attacks without using insecticides. DAE Deputy Director Jaman Azam said bean cultivation has marked a sharp rise in last five years as farmers found it profitable.
PABNA, Nov 28: Farmers of Pabna are expecting a bumper bean production during the current season as vast areas were brought under cultivation and weather remained favourable. Some 2,500 hectares were brought under bean cultivation this season and beans worth about Tk 0.8 billion is expected to be produced, according a source of Agricultural Extension Department.
Of the total area, about 1,300 hectares were cultivated in Ishwardi and Atgharia Upazilas using intensive cultivation method, the DAE source said. Nearly 4,000 farmers of 40 villages of the two upazilas have changed their lot by cultivating beans.
Shah Jamal, a farmer of Ishwardi Upazila in Faridpur district brought 'Ipsha' and local variety of bean seeds from Jessore a few years back and cultivated bean one bigha of land. He made a profit of Tk 15,000 in one year. Encouraged by Jamal's success, many farmers took to cultivate beans in the district.
Now vast areas have brought under bean cultivation of the district. The areas include Faridpur, Atghariapara, Ramnathpur, Goalbathan, Potirajpur, Sobaikandi, Muladoli, Abdullahpur, Bagh Asla, Bet Baria, Bamnathpur, Sheikhpara and Marmipara of Ishwardi upazila, and Bameshwarpur, Nazimrampur, Alampur, Durgapur, Kakmari, Darbeshpur Chandpur, Gormatia, Gopalpur and Rampur of Atgharia Upazila.
DAE sources said on average 60-65 mounds (one mound equal 37.3242 kilogram) of beans are produced on a bigha each season.
Mohammad Nasiruddin, a bean cultivator of Muladoli Union said he had cultivated bean on 10 bighas of land this season at a cost of Tk 120,000.
He is already selling around 20 mounds of bean daily and expects to earn a net profit of Tk 400,000 at the end of the year.
Like Nasiruddin many farmers have achieved success in bean cultivation, which has been gaining popularity among the farmers here.
Due to massive bean production in the area, a big wholesale market of bean has been set up at Muladoli on the Dhaka-Pabna highway and this creates employment for many local people.
Local traders said around 30/35 trucks of beans are supplied daily to various parts of the country, including the capital. The supply is expected to double within a few days.
Abdul Khaleq, a field officer of DAE, said bean cultivators were given training through the IPM and NCDP field schools on how to control pest attacks without using insecticides. DAE Deputy Director Jaman Azam said bean cultivation has marked a sharp rise in last five years as farmers found it profitable.