Manikganj banana farmers cheer

MANIKGANJ, Aug 18 (BSS): Banana farming has been playing a vital role in improving the socio-economic condition of people in many areas of the district, bringing smiles on farmers' faces as it makes their fortune.
Farmers of Harirampur, Daulatpur and Ghior upazilas in the district have gained solvency by cultivating banana in their sandy land which previously remained uncultivated for a long time.
Most of those lands of remote char areas of the rivers Padma and Jamuna are situated for cultivating banana. The ultra-poor farmers of the district are now improving their economic conditions through banana cultivation. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) office sources said bumper productions of banana and its fair prices have brought smiles on the faces of growers in three upazilas of the district.
Banana cultivators, especially women cultivators, are playing a key role in banana farming in the areas.