Daudkandi & Cumilla Sadar: Smallholder Growers Harvest 3 Cycles of Straight, Burpless Hydroponic Cucumbers per Year
📊 Case Study Technical & Economic Profile
1. Regional Context & Agricultural Challenge
Along the Dhaka-Chattogram highway corridor in Daudkandi, intensive year-after-year vegetable farming exhausted soil fertility and caused severe root-knot nematode infestations in field cucumbers.
2. Technical Implementation & BARI Protocol Applied
Adopting BARI’s Chapter 5 Cucumber protocol, growers transplant 15-day-old sponge-block seedlings into 3m × 1m trays (10–12 plants per tray at 50 × 40 cm spacing) and train the vines vertically onto overhead nylon grids.
3. Harvest Results, Economic Impact & Grower Outcome
Because the fruits hang freely in the air without touching soil, every cucumber grows straight, glossy green, and completely free of belly-rot, fetching premium prices in Dhaka and Cumilla markets within 45 days of planting.
This verified case study from Daudkandi & Adarsha Sadar, Cumilla demonstrates how adapting BARI Stock Solution A & B and localized soilless structures solves real regional climate and soil constraints while delivering strong commercial returns in Bangladesh.