Drumstick growers happy with good yield

Drumstick (Bangla term sajna) growers in Adamdighi upazila under the district are happy with bumper yield of the summer vegetable amid favourable weather this year.

From the upazila, the nutritious vegetable is supplied to different markets of the district as well as other places of the country including the capital and it is now selling in local wholesale markets at Tk 1,200-1,300 per maund (40 kg), traders said.

A drumstick tree yields around 6-8 maunds a season.

"I plucked around 28 maunds of drumsticks from five trees and earned Tk 20 thousand," said Abdul Hai Siddiki, of Shariada village of the upazila.

The soil of the upazila is very suitable for drumstick cultivation and many people are gaining solvency through its cultivation on commercial basis, said Md Shahaduzzaman, upazila agriculture officer of Adamdighi.

Tasteful curry is prepared with the vegetable and it is very popular in different areas.

Drumstick is rich in calcium, minerals, iron, protein, carbohydrate and different vitamins and these are helpful especially for pregnant women and mothers of newborn babies, said nutritionist Golam Kabir.

It serves as a herbal medicine to prevent and cure different diseases like stomach problems, high blood pressure, blood dysentery, and heart disease, he added.