Country Desk
The cultivation of stick spinach, popularly known as data shak in Bengali, is increasing day by day in Magura district. The cultivation is turning fortune wheel of many grassroots farmers in the district.
Many farmers said that they have chosen the cultivation of stick spinach as its farming is easy. It does not require huge space or much production cost.
Sources of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said that some 35 hectares of land have been brought under the cultivation of stick spinach in the district this season.
A DAE official said that they hope good output from the stick spinach this year.
Abdur Rahman, a farmer of Magura Sadar upazila, said that he cultivated stick spinach on one bigha of land this season. He has recently completed the harvest and made a net profit of Tk 25,000. He hopes more profit from the item.
A farmer of Keshtopur village under Magura Sadar upazila said stick spinach is a short-duration vegetable. Farmers can harvest it after 40 days of the cultivation. Moreover, it can be produced twice a year. “I have been growing the item on commercial basis over the last four years as it is profitable”, he said. Sources said that around 2,000 people here are engaged with the farming of stick spinach.
Magura DAE official Shohrab Hossein said stick spinach cultivation is expanding in the area for high market demand. They are providing all kinds of support in this regard, he said.
