T-Aman production likely to cross target in C’nawabanj
BSS, Chapainawabganj :
The production of Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) is likely to cross the target this year in Chapainawabganj district and the farmers are happy as they are getting better production than that of the last year.
“Harvesting of the paddy has started and about 17 to 18 percent paddy has already been collected so far, sources in the Chapainawabganj district office of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said.
Deputy Director (DD) of DAE, Chapainawabganj, Dr. Palash Sarker said, last year the production was 3.14 tonnes of rice per hectare while this year it has risen up to 3.42 tonnes per hectare.
About the reason of increasing the production this year, he said, most of the farmers cultivated High Yielding Varieties (HYV) of rice like Bridhan-51,71,72,75,87,90,93,94 and BINA-11,16,17,19,20 instead of Swarna variety.
Besides, sufficient flow of fertilizer supply, rain at the peak period and less pest attack were other reasons for good production, he added.
According to the DAE office sources, a total of 53,520 hectares of land was cultivated against the target of 53,200 hectares of land in the district.
Massive plan taken to cultivate mustard
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken up a massive plan to cultivate Mustard in the district during the coming Robi season
According to the district office of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Mustard would be cultivated on a total of 17,800 hectares of land in the district with the target to produce 26,700 tonnes of Mustard.
Of them, 5,320 hectares of land would be cultivated in Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila with the target to produce 7,980 tonnes, 3,540 hectares would be cultivated in Shibganj upazila to produce 5,310 tonnes, 2,580 hectares would be cultivated in Gomostapur upazila to produce 3,870 tonnes, 5,395 hectares
would be cultivated in Nachole upazila to produce 8,092 tonnes and 965 hectares would be cultivated in Bholahat upazila to produce 1,448 tonnes of Mustard, the sources added.
