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Tobacco cultivation going on in Nilphamari 

Jump to full article: Daily Independent (bd), 2010-01-23
Author: OUR CORRESPONDENT, NILPHAMARI

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Instead of the cultivation of food grain, tobacco cultivation is going on in full swing as usual in Nilphamari district, creating grave concern among conscious people.

It is learnt from sources concerned that the farmers are more interested to grow tobacco than food grain as they earn more profits from cultivating tobacco than from growing food crops, although the present government is trying to dissuade them from cultivating tobacco and to grow more food with a view to coping with increasing food deficit prevailing in the region.

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