Modern technology becomes blessing for farmers in Rajshahi
BSS, Rajshahi :
Level of confidence of grassroots farmers is being strengthened to a greater extent in terms of producing additional crops besides protecting soil health and curtailing production cost after the best uses of modern technologies in Rajshahi region.
Different types of demand-driven services, including knowledge related to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), devices and apps, are being reached to the farmers’ doorsteps instantly.
Farmers are seen yielding additional crops together with changing their fortunes through deriving total benefits of those effectively.
Monirul Islam, 40, has become an icon in terms of attaining capacity to balanced fertilization in farming fields through using ‘Khamari App’ that discourages farmers from indiscriminate fertilization, a common concern.
In addition to protecting soil health, the judicious fertilization is enhancing cropping yield and meeting protein demands. It’s also saving Taka 50,000 as fertilizer cost in every season.
“I have 16-bigha farming fields of paddy, wheat, watermelon, maize and mustard seed round the year,” he said adding that he’s reaping additional yield worth around Taka 60,000 in every season after using the digital devices.
Islam said Khamari mobile App is contributing a lot towards boosting crop yield as it’s very much effective in terms of digitizing the data and findings related to farming.
“The Khamari App is time-fitting and need-oriented to the farmers and other beneficiaries,” he added.
Anisuzzaman Dollar, 48, another farmer of Dewpara village, has become habituated in crop farming after taking necessary information and suggestions related to weather, pest management, irrigation and fertilization from the Farmers Information and Advice Center (FIAC) at Union Parishad (UP).
As a member of Dewpara FIAC facebook messenger group he receives all sorts of necessary and emergency information related to his farming management either from his house or farming field instantly.
Shafiqul Islam, 45, a farmer of Nazirpur village, has transformed himself into a digital agriculture entrepreneur as he has reaper, binder, thrasher, power thresher, wider, hand wider, machine for spraying fertilizer, bed planter, seed sowing tray and strip tillage for producing paddy seedlings on tray.
