Aman cultivation begins in Panchagarh

BSS, Panchagrah :

Farmers in the district have started cultivation of Aman paddy with much enthusiasm .
The farmers are now busy with preparation of land, transpiring Aman seedling from seed bed and planting of Aman seedling in their respective lands.
DAE office sources said, nearly 99,695 hectares of land have been brought under Aman cultivation this season in all five upazilas of the district with the production target of 3,26,644 metric tonnes of food grains.
Deputy Director DAE of Panchagarh Md Rias Uddin told BSS that this year the weather is conducive for Aman cultivation as Adequate rainfall the last couple day is benediction for the farmers. If the weather will remain favored till harvesting period the farmers will get bumper Aman production.
DAE has disbursed quality Aman seed, fertilizers among the farmers at a cost of free.
Beside the department has also imparted training to the farmers to make them acquainted with the modern methods of Aman cultivation.
Besides, Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank and differen NGO have given short term easy loan to the farmers for boosting production.
Groundnut cultivation gaining popularity Groundnut cultivation is gaining popularity among the farmers in all five upazilas of the district recently as soil and weather condition are very suitable here for its cultivation.
This year, farmers of the district and the DAE are happy over the bumper groundnut yielding and its fair price. They have started harvesting of groundnuts from their respective lands with much enthusiasm.
Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) office said a total of 11,435 hectares of land have been brought under groundnut cultivation this year with the production target of 20,870 tonnes.
“Farmers of the district have cultivated the high yielding groundnut on more lands as they get a lucrative price of their harvested crop,” the sources said, adding that per mound of groundnut is being sold at Tk 4,000 to Tk 4,200 in the local markets now.
Sukumar Roy, a farmer of Sabouspara village under Debiganj upazila here, said: “last year, I have cultivated groundnut on my two bighas of land at a cost of only Taka 13,000. I have earned Tk 27,000 by selling those in the local markets after meeting all the expenditure.” He said: “I have cultivated groundnut on my four bighas of land and I am expecting Taka 50,000 more from its production this year.”
Another farmer Sunil Kumar of the aforesaid village said: “I have been getting good profit through cultivating groundnut on commercial basis for three years.”
Deputy Director of the DAE Md, Rias Uddin told BSS that they provided quality seeds and fertilizers among the farmers at free of cost. The farmers of the district are showing great interest in cultivating groundnut because the high land is good for groundnut cultivation and land of the district is comparatively higher than other districts, he added.
Besides, the DAE has also provided training to the farmers for boosting the production and the commercial banks including Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank have given short-term easy loans to the farmers for cultivating groundnut on their land, the DAE official mentioned.