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Ginger farming in bagging system becomes popular in Bogura

Published : Wednesday, 25 September, 2024 at 12:00 AM  Count : 214
Our Correspondent
BOGURA, Sept 24:  Ginger farming in bagging system is becoming popular in the district for good profit at a low cost.
The ginger farming in bags is going on at every home in Shinganj Upazila of Bogura.

Besides, Elachi (cardamom), Labanga (clove), Golmarich (white pepper), Tejpata (bay leaf), Aloo Bokhara (dried plum), and Kababchini (allspice) are co-cropped. 
Deputy Director (DD) of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)-Shibganj Motlubur Rahman said, ginger farming in bagging system has been made spreading across 12 upazilas of the district.

As it is low cost farming but higher profit making, this spice cultivation is becoming popular, he added. 

Upazila Assistant Agriculture Officer Rashedul Islam said, as farmers were inspired, the farming of ginger in bags has increased at Shinganj.

 Saplings of Elachi, Labanga, Golmarich, Tejpata, Aloo Bokhara, and Kababchini were provided to growers for co-cropping in unused lands around living houses, he added. 

Ginger farming in bags started at Shibganj in the last year. It was initiated in Majgram Village at Mokamtala Union. 
Seeing success, others of the village started to farm ginger this year. 

Ginger grower Mahmudul Alam of the village said, "Earlier ginger cultivation in fields would get rotted because of rain-caused submergence. Also fields could not be guarded. Now it has been easy to cultivate ginger in bags around home. Ginger is also farmed on roofs."

Now there is no risk of rotting, and the market price is also good, he added.

He further said, if bag-based ginger farming is made in all villages at all districts, levels it will not need to import ginger from abroad. 

 Ginger has been cultivated in 30,000 bags in different unions of the Shinganj Upazila.

The DAE fixed ginger farming in 1,000 bags at each union. 

Per bag farming cost stands at Tk 35,000-40,000 including bag, organic fertiliser, potash and insecticide. Per bag ginger yielding is one to one and half a kilogram. .

"We are expecting more than 30 tonnes of ginger from 30,000 bags," said DAE's Sub-Assistant Agriculture Officer Rashedul Islam. 

BARI Ginger-2 species is farmed, he added. 

DAE's DD Motlubur Rahman said, sub-assistant agriculture officers have made it convincing among farmers that bag based ginger farming is profitable.

Grower Shakil of Majpara Village at Mokamtala Union said, "We need a separate haat or bazar for ginger marketing.'



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