Lady's-finger cultivation changes Balay's life
Sunday, 25 July 2010
Our Correspondent
GOPALGANJ, July 24: Balay Krishna Bonik (Sadu), a farmer, here has become self-reliant by cultivating lady's-finger in a larger scale. He earned Tk 1,50,000 from his lady's finger field this season.
Balay Krishna Banik, son of late Jazes Chandra Bonik of village Ulpur under Gopalganj Sadar Upazila, could not pass over class ten due to poverty.
He has been cultivating lady's-finger on 78 decimals of land near his residence at Ulpur under Gopalganj Sadar Upazila for the last 15 years.
Balay sells one kilogramme (Kg) of lady's finger at Tk 24-Tk 25. Thus he earns Tk 70,000 to 75,000 every month.
When Balay began cultivation of lady's-finger on his ancestral land 15 years back, his capital was only Tk 1,000. But now his cash is above Tk 0.7 million.
He also informed this correspondent that many of his neighbours have been following his footsteps in the mean time.
Balay is already as an ideal farmer in Ulpur Union of Gopalganj Sadar Upazila.
GOPALGANJ, July 24: Balay Krishna Bonik (Sadu), a farmer, here has become self-reliant by cultivating lady's-finger in a larger scale. He earned Tk 1,50,000 from his lady's finger field this season.
Balay Krishna Banik, son of late Jazes Chandra Bonik of village Ulpur under Gopalganj Sadar Upazila, could not pass over class ten due to poverty.
He has been cultivating lady's-finger on 78 decimals of land near his residence at Ulpur under Gopalganj Sadar Upazila for the last 15 years.
Balay sells one kilogramme (Kg) of lady's finger at Tk 24-Tk 25. Thus he earns Tk 70,000 to 75,000 every month.
When Balay began cultivation of lady's-finger on his ancestral land 15 years back, his capital was only Tk 1,000. But now his cash is above Tk 0.7 million.
He also informed this correspondent that many of his neighbours have been following his footsteps in the mean time.
Balay is already as an ideal farmer in Ulpur Union of Gopalganj Sadar Upazila.