Production target of onion-garlic in Chandpur is 12 thousand MT

This season the production target of onion-garlic in Chandpur is 12 thousand MT. In the current Rabi season in Chandpur, in 2021-2022, the production target of onion and garlic in all the upazila of the Chandpur district is 12 thousand MT and the cultivated land is 1435 hectares.

However, most of the cultivation is in Haimchar and its char areas.

An agronomist from Khamarbari Chandpur of the Department of Agricultural Extension told the ‘Chandpur Times’ on December 1.

According to the information received, the production target of onion and garlic in all the upazila of Chandpur is 12 thousand MT and the cultivation target is 1435 hectares.

Of this, onion production is 9,450 MT and cultivation is 1,050 hectares. Garlic production is 2,667 MT and cultivation target is 685 hectares.

Banks in Chandpur have allocated around Tk. 54 lakh for cultivation of pulses, oil, spices and maize at 4% discount on interest rates in FY 2021-2022.

The agriculturist further said, ‘Farmers have started preparing the land for onion-garlic cultivation. If the weather is favorable, if the cultivation is done in time, the production will exceed the target. And then the dependency will decrease.

Farmers of Char areas in Chandur district’s Haimchar’s Baburchar, Madhyachar, Ishanbala and Majhir Bazar, Chandpur Sadar’s Fatehjangpur, Rajrajeshwar, Jahazmara, Matlab Uttar Borochar, Char Eliot and Sabji Kandi cultivate on a large scale.

Onion and garlic are also cultivated along the river banks in river erosion and riverine unions of Chandpur district. It is known that farmers cultivate onion and garlic on their own initiative.

This information has been revealed in a report of the Department of Agricultural Extension, Khamarbari, Chandpur, on setting planting and production targets for the annual seasonal rabi crop of 2021-22.

Correspondent: Abdul Ghoni, December 05,2020