BSS, Rajshahi :
Agricultural extension officials, scientists and researchers were urged for discharging their duties with more sincerity and honesty for boosting farm outputs.
They also should put in their best efforts and work together for promotion of growers’ level farm mechanization to boost crop outputs.
Additional Secretary (Administration and Inputs) to the Ministry of Agriculture Nazmanara Khanum made the observation while sharing views with officials and researchers from all departments under the ministry at the office conference hall of Additional Director of Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) here on Saturday as chief guest.
Chaired by DAE Additional Director Dev Dulal Dhali the meeting was addressed by Deputy Directors Joynal Abedeen, Rafiqul Islam, Shamsul Haque and Monjurul Huda.
Principal Scientific Officer of Fruit Research Station Dr Abdul Alim, Principal Scientific Officer of Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute Dr llias Hossain and Principal Scientific Officer of On Farm Research Division Dr Mazharul Anwar also spoke.
The additional secretary revealed that the cropping intensity can be increased to 250 percent even 400 percent from the existing 200 percent through reducing the existing time gap between the two crops after the best uses of the farm mechanization.
To this end, she said, all the officials and others concerned including the scientists and farmers should put in their level best efforts.
Nazmanara also mentioned that the government has attached highest priority to the agriculture sector and added that the field level officials and researchers should take the responsibilities of reaching the government’s services to the farmers’ doorsteps.
Besides, she put maximum emphasis on reaching the newly developed high yielding and high-valued crop varieties and updated technologies to the farmers’ doorsteps to reduce the yield gaps.
Farmers urged to use seeder machine in wheat cultivation
Agricultural scientists and researchers urged the farmers to cultivate wheat by using seeder machine to boost yield to meet its gradually mounting demand.
They said the machine developed by Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) will also help lessening pressure on irrigation water for the wheat farming side by side with minimizing the production cost in the vast Barind tract.
They revealed this while addressing two separate farmers’ field day meetings on projection of the seeder machine at Dhamdhum Badhair and Bijoynagar Colonypara villages under Tanore and Godagari upazilas respectively in the district on Saturday.
Farm Machinery and Post-harvest Process Engineering (FMPE) Division and On- Farm Research Division (OFRD), Barind centre under BARI jointly organized the
meetings in association with Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF). More than 160 farmers both male and females joined the programmes.
Principal Investigator and Chief Scientific Officer of FMPE Dr Ayub Hossain and its Senior Scientific Officer Dr Arshadul Hoque addressed the meetings as
focal persons while Upazila Agriculture Officer Saifullah Ahmmed spoke as special guest with Senior Scientific Officer of OFRD (Barind Centre) Dr Shakhawat Hossain in the chair.
Dr Ayub Hossain opined that there is an enormous scope of increasing Rabi crop in the region with minimum tillage and seeding method using residual soil moisture. Thereby, pressure on groundwater can be reduced considerably if wheat is cultivated instead of only Boro rice.
He opined that substantial and sustainable expansion of wheat farming can mitigate the existing water-stress condition in the high Barind tract as wheat is environment friendly crop.
Time has come to enhance acreage of wheat farming instead of only depending on Irri-boro rice in the dried area to ensure food security amid the adverse impact of climate change.
It can also prepare seedbed in one pass and sow seeds in line and cover seeds at the same time. Planting cost of wheat, maize and rice is supposed to be reduced by 57 to 78 percent compare to the conventional method.
Dr Ayub says minimum tillage of soil emits 44 percent less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere which is also an environment friendly technology.
As a whole, adoption of BARI Seeder and its large scale use will ensure sustainable crop production and safe environment in Barind area.
Agricultural extension officials, scientists and researchers were urged for discharging their duties with more sincerity and honesty for boosting farm outputs.
They also should put in their best efforts and work together for promotion of growers’ level farm mechanization to boost crop outputs.
Additional Secretary (Administration and Inputs) to the Ministry of Agriculture Nazmanara Khanum made the observation while sharing views with officials and researchers from all departments under the ministry at the office conference hall of Additional Director of Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) here on Saturday as chief guest.
Chaired by DAE Additional Director Dev Dulal Dhali the meeting was addressed by Deputy Directors Joynal Abedeen, Rafiqul Islam, Shamsul Haque and Monjurul Huda.
Principal Scientific Officer of Fruit Research Station Dr Abdul Alim, Principal Scientific Officer of Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute Dr llias Hossain and Principal Scientific Officer of On Farm Research Division Dr Mazharul Anwar also spoke.
The additional secretary revealed that the cropping intensity can be increased to 250 percent even 400 percent from the existing 200 percent through reducing the existing time gap between the two crops after the best uses of the farm mechanization.
To this end, she said, all the officials and others concerned including the scientists and farmers should put in their level best efforts.
Nazmanara also mentioned that the government has attached highest priority to the agriculture sector and added that the field level officials and researchers should take the responsibilities of reaching the government’s services to the farmers’ doorsteps.
Besides, she put maximum emphasis on reaching the newly developed high yielding and high-valued crop varieties and updated technologies to the farmers’ doorsteps to reduce the yield gaps.
Farmers urged to use seeder machine in wheat cultivation
Agricultural scientists and researchers urged the farmers to cultivate wheat by using seeder machine to boost yield to meet its gradually mounting demand.
They said the machine developed by Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) will also help lessening pressure on irrigation water for the wheat farming side by side with minimizing the production cost in the vast Barind tract.
They revealed this while addressing two separate farmers’ field day meetings on projection of the seeder machine at Dhamdhum Badhair and Bijoynagar Colonypara villages under Tanore and Godagari upazilas respectively in the district on Saturday.
Farm Machinery and Post-harvest Process Engineering (FMPE) Division and On- Farm Research Division (OFRD), Barind centre under BARI jointly organized the
meetings in association with Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF). More than 160 farmers both male and females joined the programmes.
Principal Investigator and Chief Scientific Officer of FMPE Dr Ayub Hossain and its Senior Scientific Officer Dr Arshadul Hoque addressed the meetings as
focal persons while Upazila Agriculture Officer Saifullah Ahmmed spoke as special guest with Senior Scientific Officer of OFRD (Barind Centre) Dr Shakhawat Hossain in the chair.
Dr Ayub Hossain opined that there is an enormous scope of increasing Rabi crop in the region with minimum tillage and seeding method using residual soil moisture. Thereby, pressure on groundwater can be reduced considerably if wheat is cultivated instead of only Boro rice.
He opined that substantial and sustainable expansion of wheat farming can mitigate the existing water-stress condition in the high Barind tract as wheat is environment friendly crop.
Time has come to enhance acreage of wheat farming instead of only depending on Irri-boro rice in the dried area to ensure food security amid the adverse impact of climate change.
It can also prepare seedbed in one pass and sow seeds in line and cover seeds at the same time. Planting cost of wheat, maize and rice is supposed to be reduced by 57 to 78 percent compare to the conventional method.
Dr Ayub says minimum tillage of soil emits 44 percent less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere which is also an environment friendly technology.
As a whole, adoption of BARI Seeder and its large scale use will ensure sustainable crop production and safe environment in Barind area.
