Sheikh Foysal Ahmed, a mechanical engineer of Garfa village in Mollahat upazila under Bagerhat district has achieved success by cultivating and selling rock melon, a fruit quite popular in Bangladesh and overseas. After earning a degree in mechanical engineering, Foysal worked at two private companies in Dhaka for ten years. In 2021, he decided to leave his job and returned to his village — getting engaged in agriculture. Read:Bagerhat fruit farmer eyes foreign markets to expand thriving business Foysal started with watermelon cultivation in 2021 but did not see any profit from it, rather he counted a loss of Tk 10 lakh. Later, he decided to switch to rock melon. In January, this year, Foysal started rock melon cultivation by planting 3,000 seeds on 40 decimal of land commercially and after two and a half months, he earned Tk 4.5 lakh by selling the juicy fruits in the local market. Currently, he is cultivating rock melons on six bigha of land, and has made Tk 15 lakh this season by selling those. Seeing Foysal’s success, many farmers in the area have started growing rock melons. Foysal now aims to export the juicy fruits. During a recent visit to the village, this UNB correspondent saw Foysal busy at work, looking after his rock melon patch. The bright yellow colour of the fruit has become an attraction for locals.