Real experiences, published anonymously and with permission.
A peanut grower on the Matamuhuri char in Chakaria, Cox's Bazar, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingCox's Bazar
Peanut on 6.5 acres of char in Chakaria: about 65,000 taka of cost an acre against expected sales of about 1,37,000, which would leave roughly 72,500 taka an acre and about 4,64,000 for the season.
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A seedling grower in Pirganj, Rangpur, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingRangpur
A 20,000-taka NGO loan in 2020 produced 40,000 soilless seedlings that sold for 40,000 taka in three months. This season 4 lakh seedlings on 25 shotok cost about 4 lakh taka, and he expects 7 lakh taka of sales within a month and a half.
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An onion seed producer in Mohanpur, Rajshahi, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingRajshahi
Pulled out of school in class seven, this farmer has been 32 years in seed: six hybrid onion varieties of his own naming, 29 metric tons produced last year against a target of 40.
An agar plantation owner in Baghaichhari, Rangamati, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingRangamati
This grower in Baghaichhari sold 36 agar trees for 13 lakh taka in all: the single largest fetched 6 lakh and the rest went at 25,000-30,000 each.
An ornamental fish breeder in Rangpur, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingRangpur
Started at home during COVID with 3,000 taka and some auto-breeding fish; a 45-shotok pond sold after five months at a large profit, and 3 ponds and 18 tanks now bring 45,000-50,000 taka a month.
A pigeon and pet bird breeder in Barlekha, Moulvibazar, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingMoulvibazar
A 5,000-taka stationery shop in class nine, two pairs of pigeons bought for pleasure in 2014: now about 700 birds of 20 breeds worth 8-9 lakh taka, and 70,000-80,000 taka a month from the birds and two shops.
An aloe vera grower in Shajahanpur, Bogura, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingBogura
Aloe vera started on 12 shotok in Shajahanpur took about three years to come into production. A bigha now gives 250 maund at 5-25 taka a kg, worth 1.5-2 lakh a year, but no factory in the country buys from the growers directly.
A medicinal plant grower in Palashbari, Gaibandha, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingGaibandha
He had no cultivable land; he started with kalomegh around the house in 2007. Four bighas and a 10,000-sapling nursery now sell about 15 lakh taka a year, netting about 3 lakh - 25,000 taka a month.
A malta grower in Charghat, Rajshahi, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingRajshahi
Nine bighas leased in Charghat in 2019, now 16: malta nets 10-12 lakh taka in a season and saplings bring 15-20 lakh more a year, all sold at the garden at 200 taka a kg.
A dairy farmer in Bogura town, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingBogura
Started in 1994 with two cows bought for 1.5 lakh taka; the farm now holds 215 cattle, produces about 1,500 litres a day and sells at the gate at 80 taka a litre.
Betel-leaf growers in Mohanpur, Rajshahi, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingRajshahi
Building a one-bigha boroj costs about 1 lakh taka and another lakh a year to keep, but small leaf sells at 10-25 taka a bira and growers say 35 is where the cost is covered.
A tea grower in Boda, Panchagarh, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingPanchagarh
A 7-bigha tea garden in Boda, Panchagarh, paid for three or four years and then lost about 20 lakh taka: the fixed green-leaf price is 18.50 a kg, but factories paid 12-15 and cut a further 20-30 percent on top.
