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BRAC attains success in Bogra agri project

BOGRA: A maize field at Shariakandhi Upazila under the Agriculture Project of BRRC.
BOGRA: A maize field at Shariakandhi Upazila under the Agriculture Project of BRRC.
Bogra Correspondent :
With a view to achieving self-sufficiency in faming and food BRAC has been running Farming and Food Security Programme since 2012 among the formers of Sonatola upzilla under Bogra using latest agricultural technology, selection of seeds, making idea seedbed with fertilizer, Planting sapling with line and logo method, irrigation in AWD method.
 Producing more crops with low cost. Till 2012-1015, BRAC gives training among7923 farmers in cultivating.919 farmers have been given training on Brridhan Hybrid Paddy in 347 acares of land of which total growing was 1436mt of the land.
To cultivate hybrid Paddy, 1824 farmers have been given trainning on 606 acors of land of which total production was 1696mt of the land. In maize cultivation, 887 farmers are given training of Maize on 321 acares of land of which total production was 59 mt of the land.1343 farmers given training of mustard on 515 across of land of which average growing was 11.52 mt per across.175 farmers have been given trainning of sunflower on76 acares land of which average growing was 3mt. 327 farmers have been given training in verities kinds vegetable farming on about 77 across of land.