Sultan Ahmed, a retired teacher, has succeeded in cultivating multiple crops on his land in Chaugachha upazila of Jashore district.
Sultan cultivated multiple crops by the Chougachha-Kotchandpur road in the Muktadah area.
Improved varieties of papaya have been cultivated on about two bighas of land.
At the same time, oats, green chillies, turmeric, dates, sweet potatoes, ghetto, eggplant and grass for cattle are being cultivated on the land.
Different crops are cultivated on the same land.
That is why the teacher did not have to spend or work hard. However, comparatively less fertilisers and pesticides have been used.
Besides crops, he is also producing different types of seeds on the land.
Sultan Ahmad of Muktarpur village under Dhuliani union of the upazila started teaching in a madrasa and farming simultaneously.
Recently, he bought about two bighas of land at Muktadah intersection on Kotchandpur road and developed various crop fields there. At one time Sultan Ahmad was busy tending the fields. He said, "I have got a lot of success by cultivating various crops here." I have cultivated at least 10/12 types of crops on this land. He hopes to earn satisfactory profit from each crop. Not only that, he is producing seeds of different crops in different parts of the land, which will fetch a lot of money.
Seeing his success, many people in the area have become interested in cultivating companion crops along with the main crop.
Upazila Agriculture Officer Krishibid Sameron Biswas said, "The number of farmers growing multiple crops on one land is increasing. We are encouraging the farmers to produce such crops," he said.
