Summer cauliflower makes Rajshahi farmers happy
Wednesday, 31 August 2022
RAJSHAHI, Aug 30 (BSS): Summer cauliflower is making both farmers and consumers happy as the vegetable crop has been appearing in both wholesale and retail markets for the last couple of weeks satisfactorily.
The non-season vegetable is giving better profit to the growers compared to the winter season at present, inspiring more people to cultivate the cash crop in the region, including its vast Barind tract.
Cauliflower is mainly a winter vegetable but the farmers have been cultivating it during the summer season in the region for the last couple of years to earn more money as the consumer-level demand is gradually mounting. As a whole, it has become a boon for many grassroots farmers for its economic prospect in the region side by side with bringing crop diversity and making the local economy vibrant.
Muhammad Milon, 45, a farmer of Golai village under Godagari Upazila in the district, has cultivated cauliflower on around 12 bighas of land and has been selling its for the last six to seven days.
"I have already sold the product of one bigha of land at Taka 0.16 million (1.60 lakh) on the spot last week," said Milon, adding that the production cost was around Taka 30,000 to Taka 35,000.
Normally, early harvest of most of the vegetable crops either in summer or winter is always lucrative to the growers as its price becomes to a greater extent compared to the peak season.
Milon has started cultivating cauliflower and cabbage on around 30 bighas of land in June last and will continue the farming till the coming winter repeatedly in multiple phases.
Monirul Islam, a resident of Dhamila village, said the cauliflower is being sold at Taka 90 to 100 in retail market. Around one week back, the price was much higher.
"I have brought six bighas of land under cabbage farming during the current season and around 10-15 more days are needed to harvest those," he added.
Talking to the news agency here Monday, Sub Assistant Agriculture Officer Atanu Sarker said they are witnessing more interest among the farmers towards summer cauliflower and cabbage farming in the region.