Saturday | 5 October 2024 | Reg No- 06
বাংলা
   
Saturday | 5 October 2024 | Epaper
BREAKING: ● Sailor dies after oil tanker catches fire in Ctg      ● Ex-president Badruddoza Chowdhury passes away      ● Killing during students' movement: 9 bodies to be exhumed in Sylhet      ● Malaysian prime minister leaves Dhaka for home      ● CA seeks Malaysian support for Bangladesh to be ASEAN dialogue partner      ● Malaysian PM assures of attention to 18,000 Bangladesh workers       ● Bid to kill Khaleda Zia: Sheikh Hasina among 113 sued      

Unseasonal watermelon farming attracts Bogura farmers 

Published : Friday, 4 October, 2024 at 12:00 AM  Count : 131
Our Correspondent
BOGURA, Oct 3: Farmers are shifting to cultivation of unseasonal watermelon of yellow and black species in the district for getting higher profits. 

Both species are sweet like honey. The yellow one has been named Madhumala while the black one has been named Black Bengal.
 
Deputy Director (DD) of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)-Bogura Md Matlubor Rahman said, the species can be cultivated on earth and in mulching system. 

In different northern areas including Joypurhat and Bogura, the cultivation of these unseasonal species of watermelon has been expanded, he added. 

At present, markets in Bogura are flooded with such watermelons.

As grower Abdul Goffar of Kundarhat area in Nandigram Upazila got fair prices of the fruit, many farmers are showing interest to its cultivation. 

Madhuma watermelon is also farmed widely in Joypurhat and Dinjapur.

In the last year he got a profit of over Tk 2 lakh. 

If seeds are sowed in Baishakh, fruits can be lifted within three months. 

Watermelons are selling in different haats and bazaars in Bogura and in the town by vans.

A seller Halim is selling the fruit by van on the outskirt of the town. He said, as watermelon of Bugura has been finished, he purchased fruits from Kalai Upazila of Joypurhat at Tk 42 per kilogram (kg). Including transport cost, his purchase cost stands at Tk 52 per kg. He is selling per kg at Tk 60-70 in Bogura town.

Other sellers said, attractive colour of the fruit has attracted customers mainly.

If cultivated on earth, the per bigha farming cost stands at about Tk 26,000, and, if farmed in mulching system, the per bigha farming cost stands at Tk 40,000. After excluding the cost, the profit stands at over Tk 2 lakh per bigha.

DD Matlubor Rahman said, as the farming of unseasonal watermelon is much profitable, the cultivation of the fruit is increasing yearly.



LATEST NEWS
MOST READ
Also read
Seven found dead in five districts
3,086 puja mandaps being set up in five districts
Unplanned RCC footover bridges turn useless 
26 nabbed with drugs in 12 districts 
RWASA plans to install meters to reduce system loss
Load-shedding hampers treatment in Kamalganj hospital 
T-Aman fields growing brightly at Amtali
Bithi becomes widow before first marriage anniversary! 
Editor : Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury
Published by the Editor on behalf of the Observer Ltd. from Globe Printers, 24/A, New Eskaton Road, Ramna, Dhaka.
Editorial, News and Commercial Offices : Aziz Bhaban (2nd floor), 93, Motijheel C/A, Dhaka-1000.
Phone: PABX- 41053001-06; Online: 41053014; Advertisement: 41053012.
E-mail: info©dailyobserverbd.com, news©dailyobserverbd.com, advertisement©dailyobserverbd.com, For Online Edition: mailobserverbd©gmail.com
🔝