Narsingdi Correspondent :
About 150000 tonnes of summer vegetables are expected to produce in Narsingdi district during the current summer season.
Deputy Director , Department of Agriculture Extension(DAE) Narsingdi Lotafot Hossain told that if the favorable climate condition is prevailed in the couple of weeks the above mentioned production would be achieved which is expected to break all of its previous records.
He said some 8880 hectares of land have been brought under summer vegetables cultivation in six upazilas of the district in the current summer season while 7600 hectares was in the previous year.
Deputy Director said the department encouraged the farmers to cultivate poison free vegetables and imparted knowledge on the bad effects of using pesticides and chemical fertilizers on vegetables fields and also gave them training on pest management. He also said the DAE has set a target to cultivate poison free vegetables on 1200 hectares of land in the district The farmers are now producing poison free vegetables using compost instead of chemical fertilizers and poisonous pesticides.
Various kinds of summer vegetables like lady’s finger, kakrol, korala, koida, cucumber, punkin, borboti, brinjal, potal, poishak, datashak, arum etc grow aplenty in Sadar Shibpur, Raipura and Belabo upazilas of the district
Narsingdi district is a vegetables surplus area usually supply 30 to40 percent of its production to the capital and other districts after meeting the local demand.
About 150000 tonnes of summer vegetables are expected to produce in Narsingdi district during the current summer season.
Deputy Director , Department of Agriculture Extension(DAE) Narsingdi Lotafot Hossain told that if the favorable climate condition is prevailed in the couple of weeks the above mentioned production would be achieved which is expected to break all of its previous records.
He said some 8880 hectares of land have been brought under summer vegetables cultivation in six upazilas of the district in the current summer season while 7600 hectares was in the previous year.
Deputy Director said the department encouraged the farmers to cultivate poison free vegetables and imparted knowledge on the bad effects of using pesticides and chemical fertilizers on vegetables fields and also gave them training on pest management. He also said the DAE has set a target to cultivate poison free vegetables on 1200 hectares of land in the district The farmers are now producing poison free vegetables using compost instead of chemical fertilizers and poisonous pesticides.
Various kinds of summer vegetables like lady’s finger, kakrol, korala, koida, cucumber, punkin, borboti, brinjal, potal, poishak, datashak, arum etc grow aplenty in Sadar Shibpur, Raipura and Belabo upazilas of the district
Narsingdi district is a vegetables surplus area usually supply 30 to40 percent of its production to the capital and other districts after meeting the local demand.
