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Munshiganj farmers are moving from traditional agriculture like potatoes and tomatoes to alternative farming. Sunflower cultivation has started commercially for the first time in the district with the advice of agricultural experts. The vast land of ripe and semi-ripe sunflowers is now yellow. But there is no dream in the eyes of the farmers. Many people worry about not knowing the correct preservation method even after harvesting the crop.
According to the district agricultural extension department, there is great potential for sunflower cultivation in the district. It is very profitable compared to other crops. This year, under the Agricultural Rehabilitation Incentive, RDS varieties of sunflower seeds were distributed free to 600 farmers in the district at the rate of one kg. This year, the sunflower has been commercially grown on 31 hectares of land in the first district. The performance has also been quite good. Among them, sunflower is grown on 3 hectares in Sadar upazila, 10 hectares in Tongibari upazila, 6 hectares in Sirajdikhan upazila, 6 hectares in Louhjong upazila and 5 hectares in Gazaria upazila.
Liton Dewan, a farmer in the Hasail area of Tongibari upazila, has grown sunflower on 80 percent of his land. He said that in the last four months, 35 to 40 thousand rupees have been spent on different types of fertilizers and water irrigation. But he still doesn’t know how to produce oil by storing sunflower blossoms. Meanwhile, the flowers have started to fall.
