Manikganj, July 5, 2025 (BSS) - Sesame harvesting is going on in full swing in all seven upazilas of Manikganj district, the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said.

The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said they had set a target of sesame cultivation on 3,850 hectares of land with a production target of 4,235 tonnes of sesame during the current season.

Last year, the cultivators achieved a bumper production of sesame as they cultivated the crop on 2,710 hectares of land in the district.
The good production of sesame and its fair prices have been encouraging the farmers to spread their cultivation over the last several years, the sources said. 

In this continuity, the cultivation of sesame exceeded the fixed target as favourable weather prevailed all over the district.

Deputy Director of Directorate of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Dr. Robiah Noor Ahmed said the cultivators of the district are interested in cultivating sesame as the land of the district are suitable for sesame cultivation and the farmers are getting reasonable prices for their products.

The sandy char areas of Harirampur, Shibalaya, and Daulatpur upazilas of the district remained barren for a long time. But now, most of those lands are being brought under sesame cultivation.