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12 detained while entering Bangladesh from India, case filed against seven
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Low-lying areas in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram flooded due to incessant rains
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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.
Kurigram, Lalmonirhat shivering in cold
Braving extreme cold temperatures, an elderly farm worker clears weeds in a crop field in Lalmonirhat. Photo: Collected Our Correspondent, Lalmonirhat Our Correspondent, Lalmonirhat
Extreme cold in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat over the past several days has been forcing farmers and agricultural workers to stay inside their homes.
The cold has brought day-to-day activities to an almost standstill in the region, especially in villages along the Brahmaputra, Teesta, Dudhkumar and Dharla rivers as well as in river islands or chars.
Unable to work out in the cold, low-income daily wage earners including agricultural workers, who cannot afford to buy warm clothes, have been suffering the most.