1. Regional Context & Agricultural Challenge

Chuadanga’s innovative fruit farmers pioneered exotic melon cultivation in Bangladesh, but soil-grown melons suffered fusarium wilt and gummy stem blight after the first two seasons on the same land.

2. Technical Implementation & BARI Protocol Applied

By transitioning to 3m × 1m raised circulating hydroponic trays inside insect-screened polyhouses, growers eliminated soil rotation problems entirely and gained exact control over root-zone EC during fruit netting.

3. Harvest Results, Economic Impact & Grower Outcome

Growers now run three back-to-back 90-day melon cycles per year in the exact same polyhouse with zero soil fumigation.