Potato Farmers in Rangpur, Bangladesh are cheerful in the wake of reaping an unsurpassed record 18.16 lakh huge amounts of potato alongside getting lucrative market value this time in Rangpur horticulture zone.
The excited ranchers, in any case, developed potato in 94,160 hectares of land, which is 2,239 hectares or 2.43 percent more than the settled focus of bringing 91,921 hectares of land under potato development this season.
The DAE, Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC), Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) and different associations and divisions gave sufficient quality potato seeds and contributions to the ranchers.
In the mean time, the agriculturists communicated joy over guard potato generation and astounding business sector cost following enormous fare with expanding request in the universal market of potato delivered inexhaustibly in the locale.
Ranchers Solaiman Ali, Kashem Mahmud and Yunus Ali of various towns said they have officially finished potato gather and got guard generation and are offering those at magnificent cost to gain colossal benefits this time.
Communicating joy over guard potato generation, Adviser-Agriculture of BRAC International (South Asia and Africa) Dr MA Mazid worried on setting up protection offices and agri-enterprises to make potato cultivating more gainful and upgrade send out.
Rangpur Regional Acting Additional Director of DAE SM Ashraf Ali likewise communicated fulfillment over guard potato generation and its magnificent market costs since start of its collect this season.
Noted potato exporter and President of Rangpur District Potato Growers' Association Alhaj Mohammad Khwaja Ahmed said the composers are more joyful showing signs of improvement potato cost and fare of granular potato has been expanded this season.
"We have just sent out 10,000 tons of potato to Malaysia and some different nations at the trading value rate of 250 US $ per ton up until now and the fare would be higher this time from the Rangpur district alone."
Khwaja communicated his certainty that the country may win a large number of US dollars by sending out potato to Malaysia, Singapore, Russia and numerous different nations in future if the present fare agreeable circumstance wins continually.
In the mean time, expanded creation alongside fare of immense potato abroad from Rangpur district has introduced another desire for the agriculturists and imminent skyline to general agro-economy in the zone from this season, he said.
Leader of Rangpur Chamber Abul Kashem said fare of potato and additionally potato items may be expanded all things considered, if satisfactory potato-based agro-enterprises and safeguarding offices were set up in Rangpur area.