Grape cultivation brings Gaibandha youth a rare success

Gaibandha, Oct 02: A young grower, Ashikur Rahman, has seen success after starting grape fruit cultivation for the first time in Gaibandha district at his orchard in Tepa Pudamshahar village of Saghata Upazila.
He is cultivating thirty-six varieties of the fruit on three spots, comprising a total eight acres of land in the village, the FE correspondent found after visiting the spot.
Ashikur Rahman said he began cultivating grapes in his orchard 1.5 years ago after watching about it on YouTube and ordered a few trees from Dinajpur online. He has inspired other young people in his area with his success.
"Now I have 36 high-yielding varieties of grape fruit trees, including Baikunur and Supernova, in my orchard.
I have sold the grapes from the garden at a price of Tk 300 to 350 per kg.
I have plans to grow grapes on a larger scale in the future," he added.
Although, production of grapes is the highest in winter, the fruit is produced year-round and the prices are also good.
Md. Khorshed Alam, deputy director of the Gaibandha District Agricultural Extension Department, said, "Since grapes are a profitable fruit, we will take initiatives to expand production in the future.

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