This year in Chandpur the production target of 3,420 tonnes and the cultivation target is 1,900 hectares. According to the information provided by the Agriculture Extension Department, Chandpur, the production and cultivation targets are known.
Pepper is widely grown in Chandpur Sadar, Haimchar, and char areas of Matlab.
Due to favorable weather environment, transportation facilities, the interest of farmers in pepper cultivation, provision of technology to achieve production targets of the agriculture department, improved communication system, easy availability of agricultural inputs, agronomists’ advice on seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides, easy loan from banks the farmers are interested in Chili pepper cultivation.
Especially in the chars of Chandpur, Chili pepper is widely produced. According to the sources of the farmhouse Chandpur, the cultivation in Chandpur Sadar is 210 hectares and the production is 378 tonnes, cultivation in the Matlab North is 520 hectares and production is 936 TONNES, cultivation in the Matlab South is 70 hectares and production is 162 tonnes.
Cultivation in Hajiganj is 90 hectares and production is 162 tonnes, cultivation in Shaharasti is 20 hectares and production is 36 tonnes, cultivation in Kachua is 65 hectares and production is 187 tonnes.
According to Chandpur Agriculture Department, the target for cultivation in Faridganj is 45 hectares and production is 81 tonnes and in Haimchar it is 780 hectares and production is 1,584 tonnes.
