Dhaka, Feb 11 – Bottle gourd farming on fallow lands of fisheries is gaining popularity in the district of Bagerhat due to its less production cost.“The abandoned lands beside fisheries are fertile, which is the main reason behind the growing production of this vegetable,” said farmer Ayub Ali Sana of Kamarali village in Kalaroa upazila.
He said they are cultivating bottle gourds on such lands throughout the year and they even do not need to use any pesticide as these places are free from insects.
Each gourd is now selling in between Tk 20 to Tk 40, Ayub Ali said adding that it is possible to produce gourds worth about Tk 20,000 to Tk 25,000 per acre.
Kazi Abdul Mannan, Deputy Director at the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) office of the district, said this time farmers cultivated bottle gourds on about 741.316 acres of land of the 1606.18 of fallow lands in fisheries. – UNB
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