Snake-gourd brings fortune to student
Sunday, 3 May 2009
Our Correspondent
GOPALGANJ, May 2: Snake-gourd cultivation has changed fate of young student Atiar Rasul Himel (25), who has been earning up to Tk 302,800 a year from his vegetable field of only 100 decimal land.
Atiar is a student of Bachelor Business Studies (BBS) in Accounting at Bangabandhu Government College at Gopalganj town. He has been involved in their agriculture field when he was a student of primary school as an aide to his father side by side his study. His strong will power, curiosity and hardwork made him a successful farmer of Haridaspur village under Gopalganj Sadar upazila.
In 2004, Atier Rasul participated in a twenty-five days' long training programme on vegetables cultivation at Khamarbari, Gopalganj organised by Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE).
In the same year, Atiar started vegetables production and set up a demonstration plot on his one acre of land. A bumper production of snake-gourd, arum, cabbage, bitter gourd, radish and other vegetables on the plot encouraged him greatly. Then he took training on the cultivation of summer and round-the-year vegetables.
Now Atiar is mostly busy in taking care of snake-gourd, which brought him fortune from the state of extreme poverty.
While this correspondent visited his field at Kaliduspur village, he said, "I sell six maunds of snake-gourd worth of Tk 3,360 every day from the field. My average sale is around hundred thuosand taka per month and I hope to earn above three times more from my snake-gourd field this season. Vegetable cultivation needs small investment but the return is big."
Atiar Rasul usually uses natural fertilisers in his field. He opened agriculture research centre to give advice to local farmers on vegetable cultivation. Gopalganj Sadar Agriculture Officer Sree Chandi Das Kandu inaugurated the centre last month.
GOPALGANJ, May 2: Snake-gourd cultivation has changed fate of young student Atiar Rasul Himel (25), who has been earning up to Tk 302,800 a year from his vegetable field of only 100 decimal land.
Atiar is a student of Bachelor Business Studies (BBS) in Accounting at Bangabandhu Government College at Gopalganj town. He has been involved in their agriculture field when he was a student of primary school as an aide to his father side by side his study. His strong will power, curiosity and hardwork made him a successful farmer of Haridaspur village under Gopalganj Sadar upazila.
In 2004, Atier Rasul participated in a twenty-five days' long training programme on vegetables cultivation at Khamarbari, Gopalganj organised by Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE).
In the same year, Atiar started vegetables production and set up a demonstration plot on his one acre of land. A bumper production of snake-gourd, arum, cabbage, bitter gourd, radish and other vegetables on the plot encouraged him greatly. Then he took training on the cultivation of summer and round-the-year vegetables.
Now Atiar is mostly busy in taking care of snake-gourd, which brought him fortune from the state of extreme poverty.
While this correspondent visited his field at Kaliduspur village, he said, "I sell six maunds of snake-gourd worth of Tk 3,360 every day from the field. My average sale is around hundred thuosand taka per month and I hope to earn above three times more from my snake-gourd field this season. Vegetable cultivation needs small investment but the return is big."
Atiar Rasul usually uses natural fertilisers in his field. He opened agriculture research centre to give advice to local farmers on vegetable cultivation. Gopalganj Sadar Agriculture Officer Sree Chandi Das Kandu inaugurated the centre last month.