The farmers in Jashore agriculture zone are expecting bumper production of summer vegetables due to favourable climate conditions throughout the season in the area.
Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) sources said agro-inputs such as chemical fertilizer, pesticide and so on were easily available and the prices of those were also affordable to the farmers for vegetable farming.
Additional Director of the DAE Zone Dipok Kumar Roy said that this year's production target of Summer vegetables is 5,99,104 tonnes from 33,050 hectares of land in Jashore, Jhenaidah, Magura, Kushtia, Chuadanga and Meherpur districts.
The production target of summer vegetables is 1,30,141 tonnes from 6,900 hectares of land in Jashore, 75,328 tonnes from 4,400 hectares of land in Jhenaidah, 15,462 tonnes from 900 hectares of land in Magura, 88,080 tonnes from 4,800 hectares of land in Kushtia, 2,13,537 tonnes from 11,850 hectares of land in Chuadanga and 76,356 tonnes from 4,200 hectares of land in Meherpur.
