Affluent in monga days !
EAM Asaduzzaman, Nilphamari
Marginal farmer Kashem Ali does not queue for government doles in these monga days. He has Tk 20,000 in hand from sale of coriander grown in one bigha of land.He produced the coriander in only 20 days. His main buyers are vegetable traders from Dhaka. All smiles Kashem Ali and his family were seen plucking coriander on the lush green small filed in front their homestead. "Producing coriander on one bigha of land cost me about Tk 3000", he told this correspondent during a visit to monga-affected Kanchan Para village in Chowra Borgacha union in the Sadar upazila on November 13. The innovative small farmer said he has been growing coriander on the one-bigha land for the last five years. After maintaining his family of seven, he bought four bighas of land by growing this spicy vegetable on one bigha, he said. Seeing his success, nine more marginal farmers have started growing coriander, Kashem Ali said.
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