Everyone in the Mujibnagar upazila started producing onion seeds in the Sukh Sagar variety. Approximately 100 kg of seeds are produced for every bigha of land.
Bangladesh's Meherpur district's farmers are making money from producing Sukh Sagar onion seeds. When planting onion seeds, the district's onion producers were forced to rely on imports from India.
Many used to pay exorbitant amounts for Sukh Sagar onion seeds due to a scarcity of seeds. Farmers are now growing onion seeds on their farms rather than relying on imports.
They are providing for other farmers, including those outside the district, after taking care of their own needs. By lowering the cost of production, they are making more money.
According to the agricultural department, it is a good thing that farmers are starting various crops, such as Sukh Sagar onions, from their seeds rather than relying on imports.
Farmers are also receiving essential support for seed production. This year, more than 200 bighas in Meherpur are being used to grow onion seeds.
It is reported that for the past ten years, farmers in Meherpur and Mujibnagar upazilas have been growing Sukh Sagar onions. In contrast to other onion cultivars, twice as much onion is produced for the same price.
Onions of the Taherpuri, Barifor, Nasika Red, and Fifty-50 common types were grown. Later, the farmers began to grow this variety of onions after obtaining Sukh Sagar onion seeds from India. Farmers have thus far been forced to pay exorbitant rates for seeds during times of shortage, which has resulted in crop failure and tainted seeds.
The production of Sukh Sagar-type onion seeds was initiated by all farmers in Mujibnagar upazila. For every bigha of land, it yields around 100 kg of seeds.
They are currently making lakhs of Taka from the sale of the seeds they generated by meeting their necessities.
Seeds range in price from Tk 2,000 to Tk 8,000 per kilogram. In addition to the seeds, 35 to 40 maunds of onions are harvested from the plant per bigha once the seeds from the blooms are collected. The farmers receive onions and seeds at the same time.
A farmer in Shibpur village named Nurul Islam revealed that he had previously grown Sukh Sagar onion seeds on a single bigha of land. After that, he planted 20 bighas with winter onions.
If the seeds are planted after being purchased from the market, the cost of production is significant. After suffering many setbacks, he ended up producing the seeds himself. He may now rely on other sources of income instead of growing onions.
According to Bawarpara village resident Zillur Rahman, who grows onion seeds, all of the farmers in our Mujibnagar upazila cultivate Sukh Sagar onions. They are now making their seeds rather than relying on imports from India.
I have spent the last six to seven years producing seeds. Purchasing seeds doesn't cost money, nor does it need to involve seed fraud. Onions and seeds are produced on the same site. The revenue per bigha is Tk 3 to 4 lakh in a favorable weather.
Over 25 hectares of land in the area have had onion seeds planted this year, according to statistics from the area Agriculture Office. Every year in November, onion seeds are sowed. Marketed around January are onions. Additionally, by the end of March, the seeds are generated.
Meherpur Agriculture Officer Alamgir Hossain stated that the district's onion growers are making substantial profits from both selling their seeds to farmers outside the district and growing seeds for their use.
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