Sagar banana on sharecropped land: Tk 1.5 lakh cost, Tk 3.5–4 lakh a year expected
A betel-leaf grower in Hoanak, Maheshkhali, Cox's Bazar, planted Sagar banana on 150 kora of sharecropped land; he spent about Tk 1.5 lakh and expects Tk 3.5–4 lakh a year.
According to a report in Alokito Bangladesh, a 50-year-old farmer from Chhonkholapara village in Hoanak union, Maheshkhali upazila, Cox's Bazar, had for a long time lived in hardship alongside his betel-leaf garden. Later he took 150 kora of land on sharecrop a few kilometres from his home and planted a Sagar banana orchard. At the time of the report, 700 banana bunches were hanging in his orchard, and bunches had begun to appear on the remaining plants. Traders were coming to the orchard itself to buy bananas at wholesale prices. The report also gives the cost figures: depending on quality, each sucker costs Tk 30–40, and bananas come within 9 to 12 months of planting. Once suckers are planted, the suckers that grow from the mother plant mean no new planting is needed for 3–4 years; on the contrary, 4–5 suckers from each mother plant can be sold. In all he has spent about Tk 1.5 lakh; he hopes to earn Tk 3.5 lakh to Tk 4 lakh a year by selling all the bananas. That season, bananas were grown commercially on 7 hectares in the upazila. The upazila agriculture officer said the high land of Maheshkhali is suitable for banana cultivation. It should be remembered that the income figure is the farmer's expectation; at the time of the report, the full sale was not yet complete.
Lessons
- 1.You can start banana on sharecropped land; suckers from the first planting carry several years, so costs fall in later years.
- 2.Selling the extra suckers from each mother plant is income too; count it in your plan.
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