Staff reporter, Rangpur :
Though the growers of Rangpur agriculture region are aware about the harmful effect of tobacco on both human health as well as environment, its farming is still going on ceaselessly at many areas under the region this year.
According to sources despite knowing the fact that tobacco is a detrimental crop, peasants are showing more interest in its farming than paddy and some other crops due to good profit. A good number peasants told The Financial Express that they cultivate tobacco as they earn satisfactory from its farming. Moreover, the tobacco companies are providing them with fertilisers, medicine, other inputs and adequate financial support as result its production cost is much lower.
For this reason farming of the crop is still abundant in many areas under the region, growers alleged.According to DAE, Rangpur official sources, about 13,500 hectares of land have been brought under tobacco cultivation in five districts under the agriculture region during the current season.
The districts are: Rangpur, kurigram, Gaibandha, Lalmonirhat and Nilphamari. Of them most of the tobacco has been cultivated in Lalmonirhat .Mozaffar Ali (45), another farmer at Hazirhat area in Rangpur Sadar Upazila told the New nation that he has cultivated tobacco on 50 decimals of land and is expecting huge profit after harvesting the crop.
He said many farmers of the areas have become interested in tobacco cultivation more than other crops as they got financial as well as logistic support from the tobacco companies. Conscious people of the region opined that as tobacco is injurious to human health as well as environment the government should take rigorous steps against its cultivation.
Deputy Director of DAE at its Rangpur regional office Md. Moniruzzaman said that tobacco farming is still going on, though they continued motivational campaign against its cultivation.He further alleged that some tobacco companies give the farmers money in advance and also purchase the produce directly from them which make the farmers eager in cultivating it on a large scale. Tobacco is a kind of crop which is very detrimental to human health as well as environment. Its cultivation also leaves adverse impact on soil fertility, he added.
Though the growers of Rangpur agriculture region are aware about the harmful effect of tobacco on both human health as well as environment, its farming is still going on ceaselessly at many areas under the region this year.
According to sources despite knowing the fact that tobacco is a detrimental crop, peasants are showing more interest in its farming than paddy and some other crops due to good profit. A good number peasants told The Financial Express that they cultivate tobacco as they earn satisfactory from its farming. Moreover, the tobacco companies are providing them with fertilisers, medicine, other inputs and adequate financial support as result its production cost is much lower.
For this reason farming of the crop is still abundant in many areas under the region, growers alleged.According to DAE, Rangpur official sources, about 13,500 hectares of land have been brought under tobacco cultivation in five districts under the agriculture region during the current season.
The districts are: Rangpur, kurigram, Gaibandha, Lalmonirhat and Nilphamari. Of them most of the tobacco has been cultivated in Lalmonirhat .Mozaffar Ali (45), another farmer at Hazirhat area in Rangpur Sadar Upazila told the New nation that he has cultivated tobacco on 50 decimals of land and is expecting huge profit after harvesting the crop.
He said many farmers of the areas have become interested in tobacco cultivation more than other crops as they got financial as well as logistic support from the tobacco companies. Conscious people of the region opined that as tobacco is injurious to human health as well as environment the government should take rigorous steps against its cultivation.
Deputy Director of DAE at its Rangpur regional office Md. Moniruzzaman said that tobacco farming is still going on, though they continued motivational campaign against its cultivation.He further alleged that some tobacco companies give the farmers money in advance and also purchase the produce directly from them which make the farmers eager in cultivating it on a large scale. Tobacco is a kind of crop which is very detrimental to human health as well as environment. Its cultivation also leaves adverse impact on soil fertility, he added.
