Farmers to grow sugarcane in 6000 acres of land in Joypurhat

BSS, Joypurhat :
Sugarcane farmers of Joypurhat Sugar Mill, the country’s largest sugar producing company, have set a target to produce sugarcane in 6000 acres of land during the current 2022-2023
season.
Sugar mill sources told BSS that the current season of sugarcane planting started from September 1.
To achieve the target, the officers and employees of the mill are going to the remote areas to exchange views with the farmers and are conducting motivational activities in sugarcane cultivation.
If the sugarcane planting target is achieved, 33000 tonnes of sugarcane will be produced and the percentage of sugar extraction is 6.4 percent.
The sugar production target has been set at 2,118 tonnes of sugar from the 6000 acres of land.
The government has also increased the price of sugarcane. At present, the price of sugarcane is fixed at Taka 4,450 per tonnes at mill gate and Taka 4,440 per tonnes for outside buying centres, said Akhlasur Rahman, Managing Director of Joypurhat Sugar Mill.
According to sugar mill sources, a loan facility of Taka 190,00,000 has been provided as government assistance to encourage farmers in sugarcane cultivation among 2700 farmers.
The sugarcane threshing will begin in the last week of December 2022, Akhlasur Rahman added.
25,770 farmers to get agricultural incentives
The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) will distribute seeds and fertilizers free of cost as agricultural incentives among 25,770 small and marginal farmers during the current season in five upazilas of the district.
Deputy Director of the DAE agriculturist Md Shafiqul Islam said the incentives, in terms of seeds and fertilisers, will be distributed among the beneficiary farmers to assist them in cultivating varieties of crops during the current season.
Seeds and fertilizers worth Tk 1, 83, 94,400 will be distributed among 25,770 small and marginal farmers under the agricultural incentive and rehabilitation programme in the current season with a view to increasing the production of wheat, maize, mustard, onion, lentil and mug dal, he said.
DAE sources said 5000 bighas of land for wheat, 1,350 bighas of corn, 18,800 bighas of mustard, 220 bighas of winter onions, 200 bighas of mungdal and 200 bighas land of lentil have been selected during the season.
For wheat cultivation, each farmer will get 20-kg wheat seeds, 10-kg DAP, 10-kg MOP fertilizer and for maize cultivation, 2-kg maize seed, 20-kg DAP and 10-kg MOP fertilizer will be provided each farmer and mustard cultivation each farmer will get 10- kg of DAP and 10-kg of MOP fertilizer.
Five-kg of mungdal seeds, 10-kg DAP fertilizer and 5-kg of MOP fertilizer will be given to each farmer for mungdal cultivation and 5-kg of seeds, 10-kg DAP fertilizer and 5-kg MOP fertilizer will be given to each farmer for Mushur dal cultivation.