Sylhet Bureau :
Soil Resources Development Institute Director General Dr. Begum Samia Sultana said, motivating farmers to ensure balanced fertilizer application and use in moderate and profitable levels in crop cultivation is the need of the hour. Agricultural extension officers and field workers need to be trained to interest and accustom farmers to crop cultivation using soil tests or the Bangladesh Government’s Regional Fertilizer Recommendation Guide (FRG). In addition, it is necessary to deliver the Regional Fertilizer Recommendation Guide (FRG) to the doorsteps of farmers, organize local farmers and conduct group-based crop cultivation and maintenance activities by selecting crops/varieties based on seasons. It is possible to improve the socio-economic condition of farmers by increasing crop density and increasing production by using balanced fertilizer in crop cultivation.
He said these things while speaking as the chief guest at a seminar titled “Change in soil fertility and quality assessment of fertilizers in long-term crop cultivation” organized by the Soil Resources Development Institute Sylhet Divisional Research Sylhet at the SRDI conference room in Chandipul, South Surma on Thursday afternoon.
Dr. Mohammad Shawkatuzzaman, Chief Scientific Officer of the Soil Resources Development Institute Divisional Office Sylhet, presided over the seminar, while Dr. Md. Tariqul Alam, Senior Professor of the Department of Agriculture, Sylhet Agricultural University, Dr. Md. Mosharraf Hossain, Additional Director of the Department of Agricultural Extension, Sylhet Region,
Md. Joynal Abedin, Chief Scientific Officer of the Analytical Services Wing of the Soil Resources Development Institute, and Dr. Mahmudul Islam Nazrul, CSO of Bari Akbarpur Moulvibazar, delivered special guest speeches.
On behalf of the Divisional Office Sylhet, the presentation was made by Dr. Mohammad Shawkatuzzaman, Chief Scientific Officer of SRDI Sylhet.
In the beginning, Md. Gias Uddin recited from the Holy Quran, and Dr. Tapan Kumar Saha, Senior Scientific Officer of SRDI Sylhet, recited the Gita.
Deepta Chakraborty, Scientific Officer of SRDI Divisional Office Sylhet, delivered the welcome speech.
Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension Sylhet, Agricultural Training Institute Sylhet, Regional Agricultural Research Center Moulvibazar, BADC Sylhet, BARI Sylhet, Citrus Research Center Jaintapur, Department of Agricultural Marketing Sylhet, Seed Certification Agency Sylhet, Bina Sub-Center Sunamganj, Agricultural Information Service Sylhet, Agricultural University Sylhet, Department of Environment Sylhet, farmers, and NGO representatives were present in the seminar.
It is worth noting that prior to the seminar, Dr. Begum Samia Sultana, Director General of the Soil Resources Development Institute, participated in a seminar titled “Exploring Land and Soil Resources of Bangladesh: Geographical and Environmental Regions”.
