Bumper yield of onion in Padma pasture at Ishwardi

Ishwardi (Pabna) Correspondent :

In Ishwardi, the farmers are having a busy time cultivating onions in padma pasture. Grassland farmers are dreaming of a bumper yield of onions on fertile alluvial land. Padma’s vast char area where only onion plantations can be seen as far as the eye can see. However, this time onion cultivation has cost much more than before. Farmers fear that the market price will fall if onions are imported.
Onion has been planted early this season as the Padma water has receded earlier this year. Farmers of Char area are hoping to get bumper yield and good price of onion. Due to the shortage of onions in the market, the farmers of Char region are more interested in onion cultivation than other crops as onions are sold at higher prices in the market. Char farmers are expecting a bumper yield of onion this year due to favorable weather and less disease. Quality of desi onion is better than Indian onion. So farmers expect to get higher prices. Farmers said that the fodder onion cultivation will increase if fair market price is guaranteed.
It can be seen from the surface, the farmers of Char area are spending busy time tending to early varieties cultivated in the pastures of the once raging Padma River. Being a cash crop with a large number of consumers, onion farmers meet their economic needs for the year by growing onions. Lakshikunda and Sarar Char areas and Chalimpur can be seen bumper crop of onion. Onion production is likely to exceed the target due to favorable weather conditions. In Ishwardi this year, more than 785 hectares of land has been cultivated with root onions. And after a few days, the farmers will bring home the golden harvest of dreams. They are busy tending onions in the hope of becoming self-sufficient.
Farmers said that onion cultivation started in October-November of the year. In late December and early January, onions are picked from the land and sold in various markets. Onion farmer Mizanur Rahman said that the bumper yield of onion has been achieved and if the current market price is stable, the farmer will benefit. If onion import continues, we will suffer. If the price is good, farmers will be interested in onion cultivation in the future. This will meet the shortage of onions in the country.
Upazila Agriculture Officer Agriculturist Mita Sarkar said that onion has been cultivated on 785 hectares of land as a post-flood crop in Char area which is more than last year. He hoped that the production target would be exceeded this time.