Lychee cultivation becomes popular in Brahmanbaria
Monday, 1 June 2009
Our Correspondent
BRAHMANBARIA, May 31: Bumper harvest of lychees and different varieties of jackfruits is expected this season in the district.
Local businessmen said the local variety of lychee, though small in size, was dominating the markets at the moment and the high quality lychee varieties such as Bombay, Madraji, China-3, BARI, Bedana and Mozaffarpur were yet to appear in plenty in the local markets.
As both taste and production of the lychees were satisfactory, the farmers had become eager to cultivate lychees, they added.
Lychees of Brahmanbaria had also become popular across the country like the Jackfruits, a businessman observed adding that at the same time it was also helping the economic growth of the district.
Sources at Brahmanbaria Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said that lychee cultivation had also commercial prospects in the district like Jackfruit.
Meeting up the demand of the district, lychees are sent to different districts including Dhaka, Chittagong, Narsingdi, Kishoreganj, Habiganj, Moulvibazar, Sunamganj and Sylhet.
DAE Deputy Director (DD) Mosharrof Hossain told the FE that nearly 50,000 lychee trees were yielding profusely.
Lychee production would be bumper this year as the weather was favourable, he added. Local businessmen said production and market price of lychee were higher this year.
Abul Mukit, a retail lychee seller on TA Road of the town said 1,000 local lychees were sold for Tk 2200.00 while the rate of 1,000 Bombay type was Tk 1,800.00.
Lychee sellers said the businessmen did not get satisfactory price for lychees last year for the uncongenial weather caused a fall in quality though there was a bumper production.
BRAHMANBARIA, May 31: Bumper harvest of lychees and different varieties of jackfruits is expected this season in the district.
Local businessmen said the local variety of lychee, though small in size, was dominating the markets at the moment and the high quality lychee varieties such as Bombay, Madraji, China-3, BARI, Bedana and Mozaffarpur were yet to appear in plenty in the local markets.
As both taste and production of the lychees were satisfactory, the farmers had become eager to cultivate lychees, they added.
Lychees of Brahmanbaria had also become popular across the country like the Jackfruits, a businessman observed adding that at the same time it was also helping the economic growth of the district.
Sources at Brahmanbaria Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said that lychee cultivation had also commercial prospects in the district like Jackfruit.
Meeting up the demand of the district, lychees are sent to different districts including Dhaka, Chittagong, Narsingdi, Kishoreganj, Habiganj, Moulvibazar, Sunamganj and Sylhet.
DAE Deputy Director (DD) Mosharrof Hossain told the FE that nearly 50,000 lychee trees were yielding profusely.
Lychee production would be bumper this year as the weather was favourable, he added. Local businessmen said production and market price of lychee were higher this year.
Abul Mukit, a retail lychee seller on TA Road of the town said 1,000 local lychees were sold for Tk 2200.00 while the rate of 1,000 Bombay type was Tk 1,800.00.
Lychee sellers said the businessmen did not get satisfactory price for lychees last year for the uncongenial weather caused a fall in quality though there was a bumper production.