This time the production of sweet potato in Chandpur is 5 thousand MT.Sweet potato cultivation and production targets have been set in Chandpur. In the current fiscal year 2020-21, the cultivation and production target in 310 hectares of land in all the upazilas of the district is 5,115 MT.
According to the annual report on cultivation and production targets for the 2020-21 Rabi season at the Department of Agricultural Extension, Farm House, Chandpur. Chandpur is one of the major riverine agricultural areas of the country. The rivers Meghna, Padma, Meghna, Dhanagoda and Dakatia flow through the district and produce a large crop in the river basin for agricultural production.
The information is based on information obtained from the Department of Agricultural Extension in Chandpur.
It is possible to cultivate sweet potatoes in the char areas by giving loan assistance to the farmers. Ordinary people have a demand for it. Matlab Chariliot, Char Qasim, Borochar, Rajrajeswar of Chandpur Sadar, Jahajmara, Lagmimara, Banshgari, Chiranchar, Ishanbala of Haimchar, Chargajipur, Manipur, Madhyacharb etc.
According to sources at the Department of Agricultural Extension, Farm House, Chandpur, the cultivation target in Chandpur Sadar is 135 hectares and the production target has been set at 2,228 MT. In other words, 25 hectares have been cultivated in the north and the production target has been set at 413 MT.
Cultivation of Kachua is 15 hectares and production target has been set at 247 MT. The target is 15 hectares in the south and the production target has been set at 247 MT. Cultivation in Hajiganj is 15 hectares and production target has been set at 247 MT.
Cultivation in Shahrashti is 20 hectares and production is 330 MT. Cultivation in Faridganj is 25 hectares and production target has been set at 413 MT. Cultivation in Haimchar is 60 hectares and production target is set at 990 MT.
Due to favorable weather environment, transportation facilities, provision of production technology by the agriculture department, improved communication system, availability of agricultural inputs, advice of agriculturists on seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, provision of agricultural loans from banks, etc., farmers of Chandpur produce and cultivate agricultural products on a large scale. Farmers produce sweet potatoes especially in Matlab of Chandpur and in the char areas of Haimchar. Sweet potatoes can be cultivated at low cost and easily.
It is widely cultivated in char areas. Sweet potato is suitable for cultivation in sandy soil, wet and riverine areas. Its cultivation is possible without fertilizer and water irrigation. Therefore, the soil and climate of the char area of Chandpur is suitable for the cultivation of sweet potatoes, said the agriculturist.
According to doctors, sweet potatoes are an alternative to rice and delicious. It contains vitamins A, C and minerals. Which is not in the rice. Protein, carbohydrates, calcium, iron, vitamin 1, vitamin 2 are needed in the human body. Eating sweet potatoes will meet its demand.
Correspondent: Abdul Ghoni, February 18,2021