<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Nandi Kumar Barman has been successful in cultivating various vegetables on the fallow land of Thakurgaon.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He cultivated various vegetables on the 85 chhatak (over 1.5 bighas) vacant land in front of his house in the Zamindarpara of the municipal town. The vegetables produced on his land were able to meet his family’s needs and some of his neighbours' too.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nandi also said he benefited financially by selling the extra vegetables he cultivated. He was seen watering the vegetable fields and cleaning the weeds using modern equipment. There he cultivated various leafy vegetables including spinach, various types of grass, cucumbers etc.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nandi Kumar Barman said about three bighas (150 chhatak) of land in the Zamindarpara belonged to the late Taher Jamal Chowdhury. Some land here has been rented out to a private company (SERP) with a house on it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also Read: Working at brick kiln, Thakurgaon’s Raju still managed to score GPA 5 in HSC</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As about 85 chhatak of land was lying vacant for a long time, Nandi planted red amarnath, spinach, napa cabbage, cucumber, and various varieties of grass there and made a profit.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Nandi’s cultivation of various vegetables on the fallow land is timely. If he wants, all kinds of support and advice would be given from the Department of Agriculture Extension,” said Md Sirajul Islam, deputy director of the Department of Agricultural Extension, Thakurgaon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The target for the production of vegetables was set at 7,895 hectares of land in Thakurgaon this winter season. At present, almost all types of vegetables are in the market. Some more vegetables are under cultivation. There has been a good yield of vegetables this year and farmers are also getting fair prices, said the DAE official. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>