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What workedA Napier grass grower in Kaliganj, Lalmonirhat, in a BSS report

Three bighas out of paddy and into Napier grass, 2 lakh taka a year

Three bighas moved from paddy to Napier fodder grass now bring 200,000 taka a year. It is cut four to five times a year, one planting lasts four to five years, and bought-feed costs are down about 40 percent.

This farmer in Kaliganj upazila, Lalmonirhat, moved three bighas out of paddy and into Napier fodder grass. The grass is cut four to five times a year and one planting keeps producing for four to five years, so the establishment cost spreads thin across many harvests. The three bighas now bring him about 200,000 taka a year. A grower in Rangpur on two bighas reports 30,000-35,000 taka per bigha per year net from selling surplus grass alone, on top of what he feeds his own cattle. Farmers in the report say growing their own fodder has cut feed costs by about 40 percent, and the area under Napier in the northern districts has risen from 4,040 acres in 2023-24 to over 11,090 acres in 2025-26.

Lessons

  1. 1.Fodder is worth treating as a crop in its own right: the saving on bought feed plus sales of the surplus can beat what the same land earned under paddy
  2. 2.A stand that lasts four to five years spreads the planting cost across many cuttings, which is why the per-cut margin looks large

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