Bumper pumpkin output helps char people tackling coronavirus situation
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RANGPUR, April 12, 2021 (BSS) – Many char people are happy getting bumper output of pumpkin with lucrative price this season to tackle the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic situation in Rangpur agriculture region.
Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) and different NGOs said large-scale cultivation of pumpkin began on sandy char lands in the silted-up beds of different rivers in all five districts of the region since 2009.
Braving the COVID-19 pandemic situation, char people have cultivated pumpkin with other Rabi crops on char lands adopting intercropping and mixed relay methods this time to reap pleasing profits as harvest of the crop is nearing completion now.