Farmers of the district are happy for bumper production of tomato and fair prices of the popular winter crop this season. 

According to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), the produced tomatoes have made a significant contribution to meeting the demand of Narayanganj, Feni, Noakhali and Chattogram including the capital Dhaka.

This year, over 1,000 hectares of land have been cultivated tomato, Deputy Director of DAE Ayub Mahmud Baske said.

He said the tomatoes produced in the low land of the district area will reach the market in the last week of February. At present, the market for tomatoes produced in the high land of the district has become very popular.

Tomatoes produced in Chandina, Barura, Daudkandi, Homna, Burichang, and Debidwar are being sold in one of the country's vegetable markets in the Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Nimsar Bazar. Vegetable traders from other markets in the city buy tomatoes at wholesale rates from here.

At present, large, medium and small sized tomatoes are being sold at retail rat