BSS, Netrakona :
Boro cultivation, a high-yield crop, has been going on in full swing in all the 10 upazilas of the district, which is widely known as “grain vowel” of the country, during the current season.
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said the cultivators have already brought 1, 81,500 hectors of land under the cultivation in the district exceeding the target fixed at 1,81,238 hectors of land.
Of the total land, the farmers cultivated hybrid variety of paddy on 13,065 hectors of land, high yielding variety (HYV) on 1, 67,978 hectors of land and local variety of the paddy on 457 hectors of land.
Deputy Director of the DAE Bilash Chandra Paul said the cultivation of Boro is progressing fast in the district as the cultivators were provided with financial and logistic support by the government.
He said, following the instructions of the government, different state-run agencies including BADC and BCIC have taken different farmers-friendly programs to ensure proper supplying of improved quality Boro seeds, fertilizers and other agricultural equipments to the door steps of the farmers.
Besides, different commercial banks including Bangladesh Krishi Bank have already disbursed agricultural loans among the farmers to make them capable to run their cultivation cost.
The Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) and Rural Electrification Board (REB) ensured uninterrupted supply of electricity to keep their irrigation machineries operative round the clock, he informed.
Besides, the crops specialists and field-workers of the DAE continued rendering their field-level service to let the farmers know about the modern methods of Boro cultivation and methods of reducing the production costs, the deputy director added.
BSS from Panchagarh adds: Cultivation of Boro paddy, a high yielding crop, has been progressing fast in all the five upazilas of the district during the current season .
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said about 46,300 hectares of land brought under Boro cultivation in the district with the production target of 2,50,000 tonnes of rice.
Farmers in several villages of sadar upazila are very busy to planting the Boro seedling from the seedbed like BR-28, BR-Hira and other varieties of Boro paddy, hopping to get desired output.
Deputy director of DAE Md, Samchul Huque told BSS the department has been supplied quality seeds, fertilizers and others agri-inputs among the farmers at a free of cost.
The DAE also gave imparted training among the farmers for boosting bumper production.
The field level agri-officers are monitoring Boro field.
On the other hand, the commercial bank includes Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank, Janata Bank and NGOs has given short term easy loan among the farmers to boost bumper production.
Boro cultivation, a high-yield crop, has been going on in full swing in all the 10 upazilas of the district, which is widely known as “grain vowel” of the country, during the current season.
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said the cultivators have already brought 1, 81,500 hectors of land under the cultivation in the district exceeding the target fixed at 1,81,238 hectors of land.
Of the total land, the farmers cultivated hybrid variety of paddy on 13,065 hectors of land, high yielding variety (HYV) on 1, 67,978 hectors of land and local variety of the paddy on 457 hectors of land.
Deputy Director of the DAE Bilash Chandra Paul said the cultivation of Boro is progressing fast in the district as the cultivators were provided with financial and logistic support by the government.
He said, following the instructions of the government, different state-run agencies including BADC and BCIC have taken different farmers-friendly programs to ensure proper supplying of improved quality Boro seeds, fertilizers and other agricultural equipments to the door steps of the farmers.
Besides, different commercial banks including Bangladesh Krishi Bank have already disbursed agricultural loans among the farmers to make them capable to run their cultivation cost.
The Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) and Rural Electrification Board (REB) ensured uninterrupted supply of electricity to keep their irrigation machineries operative round the clock, he informed.
Besides, the crops specialists and field-workers of the DAE continued rendering their field-level service to let the farmers know about the modern methods of Boro cultivation and methods of reducing the production costs, the deputy director added.
BSS from Panchagarh adds: Cultivation of Boro paddy, a high yielding crop, has been progressing fast in all the five upazilas of the district during the current season .
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said about 46,300 hectares of land brought under Boro cultivation in the district with the production target of 2,50,000 tonnes of rice.
Farmers in several villages of sadar upazila are very busy to planting the Boro seedling from the seedbed like BR-28, BR-Hira and other varieties of Boro paddy, hopping to get desired output.
Deputy director of DAE Md, Samchul Huque told BSS the department has been supplied quality seeds, fertilizers and others agri-inputs among the farmers at a free of cost.
The DAE also gave imparted training among the farmers for boosting bumper production.
The field level agri-officers are monitoring Boro field.
On the other hand, the commercial bank includes Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank, Janata Bank and NGOs has given short term easy loan among the farmers to boost bumper production.
