Photo: BSSRANGPUR, April 10, 2026 (BSS) - After exceeding the set groundnut cultivation target, enthusiastic farmers in Rangpur agricultural region have achieved a bumper harvest by producing 12,221 tonnes of the cash crop in the 2025-2026 Rabi season. "Enthusiastic farmers, however, had finally brought 5,748 hectares of land under its cultivation, exceeding the set farming target by 12 hectares of land" Additional Director of the DAE's Rangpur region Krishibid Md Shirajl Islam said. After completing harvest by the last week, farmers have produced 12,221 tonnes of groundnut at the average yield rate of 2.13 tonnes per hectare in all five districts of Rangpur, Gaibandha, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat and Nilphamari in this region. Talking to BSS at Rangpur City Bazar, groundnut trader Mokhlesur Rahman said that wholesalers are buying newly harvested groundnuts from farmers at rates between Taka 6,400 and Taka 6,600 per mound. Last year, farmers sold their newly harvested groundnut at rates between Taka 3,500 and Taka 4,000 per mound at this period of the season.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha April 11, 2026 03:32 UTC