Symbolic pictureShamim Ahmed's Watermelon Field
Yellow and black summer watermelons on trellises, grown by a young returnee from Oman
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- Sells products
- Visitors welcome
- Gives advice
About
Shamim Ahmed, a young man from Jangoli village in Kumarkhali, Kushtia, went to Oman to earn a living but could not stay on and came home to farm. After training from the upazila agriculture office and the 'Sustainable Agricultural Extension Project in Jashore Region', he grew high-value coloured summer watermelons on trellises on 20 decimals; the project supplied fertiliser, seed and pesticide as a demonstration plot. The varieties are Yellow Gold (yellow) and Smart Boy (black): they look like a melon outside but are deep red and extra sweet inside, each weighing 2.5 to 3 kg. It cost him only Tk 13,000 and the first fruit came 65–70 days after sowing; by June 2023 he had sold Tk 20,000 worth, with 1,200–1,500 more fruit on the vines and hopes of Tk 2 to 2.5 lakh in sales. Buyers pick the fruit straight from the field at Tk 70 per kg, and he cannot keep up with local demand. He farms fully organically with yellow sticky traps and mulching, which cut irrigation and labour costs, and he advises interested farmers.
Products and services
Yellow Gold (yellow) watermelon
Tk 70 / kg
2.5–3 kg each, sold from the field
Smart Boy (black) watermelon
Tk 70 / kg
2.5–3 kg each, sold from the field
Prices as given by the owner; ask before you buy.
Address and hours
Address
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Gives advice
Visitors welcome
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