Farmers' unwillingness to cultivate melon in Phulpur

the cultivation of all types of agricultural products of Phulpur in Mymensingh is not similar to the cultivation of watermelon. The farmers' unwillingness

Although the total land area of ​​the upazila is 63,148 hectares, the watermelon cultivation is only done in 1/2 hectare. As a result, local people have to fill the needs of watermelon by importing from other district upazila. Although there are now full watermelons of watermelon, but there is no watermelon plant cultivated by the local farmers of Phulpur without some watermelon from nearby Haluaghat upazila.

A few watermelon shops are found in the Fulpur bus stand area, they import these watermelons from Barisal. Large shops of watermelon spread over the Dhaka-Haluaghat highway in Phulpur bus stand.
Watermelon trader Ratan said, these watermelons bought at Barisal higher rates. The rent has more. Because the price is a little more. He watched every watermelon worth 150 to 200 rupees.

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Muktar Uddin costing three to three hundred taka every watermelon price His watermelons are a bit bigger.
Talks with watermelon trader Alim Uddin He said, we are bringing these watermelons from Barisal. There is still no melon available on the edge. For that reason we can not keep less. He said that he sells a small size of every watermelon of 50 to 70-80 taka. And the price of medium watermelon is between Tk 100 and 150. They said they did not wear clothes when they sold them less. Safir Uddin also brought melon from Barisal Bhola. He has no watermelon under 100 rupees. The wait has stopped for the last two days due to the stopping of the rains. It was not so much, he said.

Jalal Uddin said that if the cultivation of watermelon in Phulpur, we could buy it at a lower price. Asked about the upazila agricultural extension officer Hammim Jahan, he said, "Phulpur is a low watermelon farmer. Some peasant watermelons cultivate in Sahapur, Ramvadrapur and Vaykhkandi areas. There is no shortage of motivation on our side.

Asked about the reasons for the decline in watermelon cultivation, Deputy Assistant Agriculture Officer, Momtaz Uddin, said that farmers here are more interested in vegetables and vegetables. Because, the seeds of watermelon are not available on time. But the price of seeds is very high. Moreover, farmers are not interested in watermelon cultivation because there is more chance of damaging winds and rains in many seasons.*