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           May
          6, 2000  
                
          Bogra,
          May 5 (UNB) – A farmer has produced a record amount of onion with a
          local variety from three acres of land at Kalerpara in Dhunat upazila
          this season.
          
           
           
          
          
           
          Ajmal
          Hossain Azad produced 82 maunds of onion per acre sowing Faridpuri
          variety seed, which he had bought from Samrat Seed Store in Chandni
          Bazar.
          
           
           
          
          
           
          Azad
          said he earned Tk 24,000 against his production cost of Tk 4,600 this
          season, which was much higher than his previous year’s earning.
          
           
           
          
          
           
          Onion
          is now selling at Tk 300 per maund.
          
           
           
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