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Growers eye good profit from early variety bean

Our Correspondent, Khulna
Most of the growers in Dumuria upazila of the district cultivated early variety of bean on a vast tract of land and are expecting to get a good profit from their produce this year.
Due to favourable weather condition, cultivation of Ruposhi Bangla, an early variety of bean, has become a profitable venture for farmers of nearly 50 villages in the upazila.
About 3,000 bean growers in those villages are cultivating bean on lands around fish enclosures and getting benefits.
Subash Chandra Kundu, 58, a farmer of Bhulbaria village, first started early variety of bean cultivation in his locality in 2008.
Seeing Subash's success many local farmers gradually followed his footsteps and started early bean cultivation in the following years.
"I cultivated bean on five bighas of land around my two fish enclosures and am getting about 22 maunds of the vegetable every week. Now one maund of bean is being sold forTk 2,800 to Tk 3,200 in the local markets," Subash said.
“I spent Tk 10,000 for seed, irrigation, labour cost
and other purposes on each bigha of land. I already sold bean worth Tk 2.46 lakh and am expecting to earn Tk 3 lakh to Tk 4 lakh in the coming days," he said.
Another grower Shariftil Islam Molla, 48, ofthe village, said a few years ago he was struggling to maintain his family by pulling rickshaw-van and he started early bean cultivation four years ago, which has changed his fate.
"I took lease of three bighas of land and started cultivating early variety of bean. I have already sold bean worth Tk 87,000 and am expecting to get Tk 1 lakh in the next two months," Shariftil said.
Vegetable vendor Sobhan Gazi said he buys 40 to 50 maunds of bean from Bhulbaria, Baniakhali and Bittir Beel area every day.
"Usually cultivation of early variety of bean starts in July and farmers get harvest from early September," said Upazila Sub-Assistant Agriculture Officer Dhrubojyoti Sarker.
Over 160 hectares of land in the upazila have been brought under early variety bean cultivation this year and farmers are expecting 1,920 tonnes of bean production, which is about 80 percent ofthe total production in Khulna.
Dumuria Upazila Agriculture Officer Mohammad Nazrul Islam said farmers usually prefer to cultivate Ruposhi Bangla, Mohadeb, LCorRupban variety of early bean.