Modern tools promotes SME farmers in Rajshahi

Iblul Hassan is one of many others who've founded themselves as powerful entrepreneurs in the areas of quality seed productions

Iblul Hassan, 40, has become a successful small and moderate entrepreneur (SME) farmer following using the best of contemporary farming technologies.

A good resident of Kakonhat area under Godagari upazila in the district, Hassan has been contributing a lot towards selling top quality seeds of excessive valued crops since his entrepreneurship began.

Elevating coming from a marginal farmer this individual has transformed himself in to a recognised agricultural entrepreneur. He is getting full-length technological support from the neighborhood offices of the Department of Agriculture Expansion (DAE).

In 2018, he was selected as an SME farmer under the ‘DAE’s Farmers level Top quality Seed of Pulse, Oilseed and Spice Creation, Preservation and Distribution Project’ and that was the turning point of his life.

Iblul obtained a good projection plot of onion seed through the upazila agriculture workplace in Rabi period of 2018-19 financial year.

In the original year, he harvested 240 kilograms of seed producing a neat gain of around Tk 2.32 lakh.

Not merely onion seed, he was first also given three demonstration plots for generating top quality lentil seed and two plots for mustard seed according to the project objectives.

Subsequently, he produced 2,520 kilograms of lentil seed and 1,440 kilograms of mustard seed and distributed those at Tk 2.40 lakh in local markets.

In the following 2019-20 fiscal year, he also produced 240 kilograms of onion seed from one projection plot, 3,500 kilograms of lentil seed from five plots and 740 kilograms of mustard seed in one plot.

Aside from this, he obtained 480 kilograms of mungbean seed from two plots and 900 kilograms of sesame seed from 3 plots found in the Kharif season.

“With respect to the task, he was imparted training how to create, process and preserve quality seeds of onion, pulse and mustard after using the very best of contemporary agriculture technologies,” said Sub Assistant Agriculture Officer Ashraful Alam.

Assessing his success, this individual was also presented seed digesting, packaging and preservation elements and devices. Presently, Iblul has been owning a seed-selling shop at Kakonhat bazar efficiently.

Iblul Hassan is definitely one of many others who've founded themselves as powerful entrepreneurs in the fields of quality seed productions.

Ashraful Alam said substantial expansion of information and communication technologies, including cellular phone, apps, whatsapp, facebook and messengers, have already been playing a vital function towards flourishing entrepreneurships among the farmers.

In today's season, exceptional production of onion-seed is predicted as the farmers have cultivated the money crop on the ever-highest lands in your community including its vast Barind tract.

Akbar Ali, 54, a farmer of Palpur village under Godagari upazila, had harvested around 300 kilograms of seed from 3 bighas of land this past year. He offered the seed at Taka 3,000 to 5,000 per kilogram over the last sowing season.

Ali said he earned round Tk 12 lakh after advertising the crop last season. The profitable earning has encouraged him to cultivate the onion seed on five bighas of property this year. Production cost is just about Tk 50,000 to 60,000 per bigha of territory, he added.

Upazila Agriculture Officer Shafiqul Islam said farmers’ level crop development can easily be enhanced to 15 to 20 percent on an average if they may avail the scopes of working with quality seed within their farming fields.

He said they are acquiring the responsibility of making the farmers competent for enhancing quality seeds of the high valued crops to meet the slowly but surely mounting demands of those in the country.

Agriculturist Islam said seed must be qualitative as it has the significance towards food security, nutrition and development enhancement is irreparable.

Utmost emphasis offers been given over encouraging the growers towards boosting quality seed production independently after using the best of existing agriculture technologies aside from the natural resources in your community including its vast Barind system.