Napiar grass shows new hope to livestock farmers in Faridpur
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
Our Correspondent
FARIDPUR, Oct 7: Napiar grass has mitigated fodder crisis in Faridpur. As such, cattle rearing has turned economical for the farmers of the district.
A few days back, fodder crisis was acute in Faridpur. But, Napiar grass has changed the scenario in the district today especially in the town and its outskirts.
Abdur Razzak, a local farmer, introduced the fodder, Napiar grass, to the livestock farmers.
He cultivates Napiar grass in two acres of his own land. Every day he sells Napiar grass in 'fodder haat' adjacent to Alipur graveyard. There are eight kilogrammes of the grass in every bundle that sells at Tk 10. He sells around 5-7 thousand kg of grass a day.
He earns Tk one hundred thousand a year from the produce of only one acre of land. District Livestock Department and Agriculture Extension Department helped him with constructive advice.
Abdur Razzak told this correspondent that an elderly cow eats 30 kg of Napiar grass a day whereas a goat can eat 8-10 kg. As a result, the grass has become much popular to the cattle farmers in Faridpur.
FARIDPUR, Oct 7: Napiar grass has mitigated fodder crisis in Faridpur. As such, cattle rearing has turned economical for the farmers of the district.
A few days back, fodder crisis was acute in Faridpur. But, Napiar grass has changed the scenario in the district today especially in the town and its outskirts.
Abdur Razzak, a local farmer, introduced the fodder, Napiar grass, to the livestock farmers.
He cultivates Napiar grass in two acres of his own land. Every day he sells Napiar grass in 'fodder haat' adjacent to Alipur graveyard. There are eight kilogrammes of the grass in every bundle that sells at Tk 10. He sells around 5-7 thousand kg of grass a day.
He earns Tk one hundred thousand a year from the produce of only one acre of land. District Livestock Department and Agriculture Extension Department helped him with constructive advice.
Abdur Razzak told this correspondent that an elderly cow eats 30 kg of Napiar grass a day whereas a goat can eat 8-10 kg. As a result, the grass has become much popular to the cattle farmers in Faridpur.