This season 26 farmers of Sadullapur upazila cultivated hybrid-4 species of summer tomato developed by Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute on three acres of land and the harvesting has already begun.
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) trained up 26 farmers on farming hybrid summer tomato and prepared several demonstration plots at Taraf Bajit, Hamindpur, Jamudanga, Damodorpur, Baro Daudpur, Molong Bazar, Dhaperhat, Naldanga and Protap villages in Sadullapur upazila.
They also provided quality seeds and other inputs to make the programme a success.
“Summer tomato cultivation requires a bit high land for protection from water stagnation. The seeds are sown by May-June and the saplings are transplanted after 25 days,” said Obaidur Rahman, agriculture officer of Sadullapur.
“Farmers can harvest tomato after 45 days. Within a week, it turns reddish and becomes ready for marketing. A farmer can easily harvest from the same plants again in the winter season,” he said.
Dilip Kumar of Hamindpur village said he planted 900 saplings of summer tomato on a nine-decimal plot spending Tk 22,000 as input cost and expecting profit of Tk one lakh this season.
Wholesalers buy summer tomato for Tk 65 per kg, but in open market it sells for Tk 100 to 120 a kg, said Nazrul Islam, a farmer of Molong Bazar village.
Hearing the success of summer tomato cultivation, farmers from different areas are visiting the demonstration plots and showing much interest to cultivate it at their villages, said Mir Abdur Razzaque, deputy director of DAE, Gaibandha.
Farmers can harvest tomato twice from same plants in summer and winter and so, they can earn more for investment, he added
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