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MANIKGANJ, April 24, 2025 (BSS) - The harvesting of carrots is going on in 
full swing in Singair upazila of the district with good production during the 
current season, the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) sources said.
 
The DAE set a target to cultivate carrots on 1,055 hectares of land with a 
production target of 37,959 metric tons during the current season.
 
The DAE office sources said carrot is a vegetable that grows on a special 
kind of land and Singair is the only upazila of the district where the carrot 
grows abundantly.
 
The locals said carrot is a short-period crop and it has a great demand in 
the markets. Most of the carrots are supplied to the capital city Dhaka and 
different parts of the country.
 
Abdul Haque, 52, of village Dhalla under Singair upazila, said cultivation of 
carrot is easy and it needs no irrigation and extra fertilizer. 
 
"The green leaves of carrots are a good fodder for cattle heads," he said, 
adding that every day, a group of traders comes to the village and buys 
carrot leaves from the cultivators. 

Many trucks wait at different points in the area to carry the carrots. 
Besides many labourers, mainly women are engaged in its harvesting.
 
Another cultivator Mainuddin said they are getting fair prices for their 
product. Per kilogram carrot is now being sold at Taka 40-45 in the markets, 
he added. 

It is one of the best cash crops of the people of Singair upazila, the 
cultivator said.