Quinoa being farmed for the first time in Bangladesh

Quinoa being farmed for the first time in Bangladesh
Photo: S Dilip Roy
Although it appears granular like Chinese
kaun, the crop in question is Quinoa, a South American crop. After five long years of research at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, this new crop was cultivated in five plots across Bangladesh for the first time this year.
There were two plots in Lalmonirhat, one in Kurigram and two in Patuakhali. The three plots in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram measure about a total of 70 decimal. All plots produced the expected yield.
Israil Hossain, a farmer from Chinipara village in Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila, told The Daily Star that he did not about the quinoa crop. He cultivated quinoa on 25 decimal of land on the advice of Iqbal Hasan, an agronomist of a private company. "It cost Tk 13,000 to cultivate quinoa and I got 70 kg yield from 25 decimal land," he said.

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