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Massive plan to cultivate winter vegetables in Narsingdi

 New Nation
 Published: 12:00 AM, 19 October 2014  Updated: 2:09 AM, 24 September 2022
NARSINGDI: A farmer is preparing lands for faming winter vegetables in Polash Upazila in Narsingdi.
NARSINGDI: A farmer is preparing lands for faming winter vegetables in Polash Upazila in Narsingdi.

Narsingdi Correspondent :
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken up a massive plan to cultivate winter vegetables in the six upazilas of Narsingdi district during the current season.
DAE sources said, a total of 9000 hectares of land would be brought under this cultivation programme with the producion target 135000 tons of vegetables this year.
Upazila wise cultivation target are 1000 hectares of land would be cultivated in Sadar upazila,475 hectares in Polash upazila, 1825 hectares in shibpur upazila, 2300 hectares in Belabo upazila , 650 hectars in Monohardi upazila and 2750 hectares in Raipura upazila.
Deputy Director DAE Narsingdi Suvash Chondro Gagan told The New Nation hat the departmen encouraged the farmers to cultivate poison free vegetables and given them knowledge on the bad effect of using pesticides and chemical fertilizers on vegetables fields and also given them training on pest management,. He said the DAE has set a target to cultivate poison free vegetables on 1200 hectares of land in the district. The farmers are now producing poison free vegetables using compost instead of chemical fertilizers and poisonous pesticides.
The Deputy Director said, necessary steps has been taken to ensure supple of quality seeds, fertilizers and other agri-inputs among the growers at fair prices to bost production of vegetables during the current season.
He said Narsingdi district is a leading vegetable producing area in the country and usually supplies 30 to 40 percent of its production to the capital and other districts.