Cauliflower farming delights Rajshahi farmers

Summer cauliflower farming has become a boon for many grassroots farmers for its economic prospect in Rajshahi region.

Cauliflower is mainly a winter vegetable but the farmers have started cultivating it during the summer season in the region for the last couple of years to earn more money.

Abul Kalam, a resident of Fulbari village under Godagari Upazila in the district, cultivated the cash crop on one and a half bigha of land at Shreepur block during the current season.

He has already sold cauliflower worth around Tk 1.5 lakh, making a profit of around Tk 1 lakh in the last two months.

Kalam said the cauliflower is being sold at Tk 90 to 100 in retail market. Around one month back, the price was much higher.

“I have also raised seedbeds of the vegetable for cultivating on around one and a half bigha of land during the upcoming winter season,” he added.

Entajul Haque, another farmer of the same village, has brought three bigha of land under cabbage and one bigha under cauliflower during the current season.

He has started harvesting and selling cauliflower but cabbage will take 10 to 15 days more for harvesting.

He is very happy over the current market price of the newly harvested vegetable, mentioning that he’s engaged in vegetable farming for more than 15 years.

Currently, the vegetable farming is more profitable compared to the cereal crops, including paddy, he said.

“We can cultivate different types of leafy vegetables three times a year,” Haque opined.

“We are extending technical support to the farmers to make the vegetable farming profitable,” said Atanu Sarker, Sub Assistant Agriculture Officer.