Massive tree plantation can help reduce carbon emission at a substantial level and that is very important to protect ecological...
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For long, Rajshahi is nationwide famous, especially for its tasty and delicious fruit mango that attracts people from allover the country every summer.Every year, acreage, number of trees and mango production are mounting. However, unfortunately, not a single mango-processing plant has been established here since 42 years of country’s independence, which is hindering expansion of mango market volume.Officials of Department of Agriculture Extension said around 1,132 hectares of mango acreage, 3,27,197 trees and 7,538 metric tons yield were enhanced in...
More than twenty farmers in the district’s Godagari Upazila have attained unprecedented success in cultivation of flower commercially for the first time in the region as an alternative crop.They cultivated gladiolus sticks on around 30 decimals of land in Kodomshohar, Bijoynagar, Kadipur and Amanatpur areas. Under its Second Crop Diversification Project, the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) extended requisite training facilities along with tubers towards them.“I had cultivated flower on four decimals of land after spending Taka 5,000 and earned...
Speakers at a view sharing meeting have underscored the need for hygienic disposal and management of medical wastes which is vital for safe public health.They viewed reckless dumping and sale of medical wastes continue poses serious threat to public health as serious diseases including Hepatitis B and C and AIDS can easily be transmitted if wastes’ collectors are injured while handling the wastes especially needles.Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) organized the discussion at its seminar hall here on Saturday where owners...
There has been an enormous prospect of farming mug dal developed by Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) in the vast barind tract. By dint of enhancing acreage of mug dal, socioeconomic condition of the farmers has started improving coupled with rising soil health.After harvesting different rabi crops like wheat, mustard, potato, onion and garlic, above one lakh hectares of high barind land in Rajshahi, Naogaon and Chapainawabgonj districts remain fallow every year.There has been enormous scope of bringing the huge...
Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) is going to install solar street light and LED lights in the metropolis for eco-friendly infrastructural improvement and to lessen the gradually increasing pressure on electricity.Under the project of Solar Street Light, the RCC will install two kilometers solar street light and 27 kilometer LED light in the preliminary stage. RCC Mayor Mosaddique Hossain Bulbul reveled this while addressing a review meeting of the project at his city bhaban office here yesterday afternoon.The city dwellers having...
Jamila Begum, 35, wife of a day-laborer, Mominul Islam, is now at the threshold of eradicating her long-lasting poverty through household-based chicken rearing through modern method.Jamila, mother of three daughters and a son and a resident of Bargachhi village under Paba upazila of the district, embarked on the mission of achieving self reliance early 2012.At the preliminary stage, she received training on chicken rearing along with its proper feeding, vaccination and marketing by the Local Service Providers (LSP).In the current...
Speakers at a discussion said there is no alternative to more tree plantation to biodiversity conservation, resisting of desertification and protection of ecological balance in the Barind region.Terming the tree plantation as the biggest investment they called for extensive afforestation for elevating socio-economic condition and to protect the high barind tract from desertification.They were addressing the inaugural ceremony of a fortnight-long tree plantation campaign and tree fair-2014 at Green Plaza of Rajshahi City Corporation on Saturday.Social Forestry Division (SFD) and...
Speakers at a daylong field level stakeholders workshop here on Saturday emphasized the need for collective efforts of all quarters including the local government institutions for successful disaster preparedness and management.Stressing the need for a comprehensive approach to effective risk reduction, they mentioned that strengthening of the local level government bodies could be the effective means of managing any natural calamity. Disaster Management Bureau (DMB) under its “Hyogo Framework for Action Progress Monitoring 2013-2014” program organized the workshop titled “A...
Large-scale sesame farming on the fallow lands can be the effective means of mitigating the existing drought condition alongside the adverse impact of climate change in the vast barind tract, agricultural scientists and extension officials said yesterday.They viewed more than one lakh hectares of land remain fallow after harvesting transplanted aman paddy in the high barind tract comprising 10 upazilas of Rajshahi, Chapainawabgonj and Naogaon districts every year.There is an enormous prospect of producing at least one lakh tonnes of...
Rajshahi Ciy Corporation (RCC) has been implementing a drainage project (third phase) involving around Taka 136.72 crore aims at making the metropolis free from water-logging.Under the scheme conceived with the direction of previously formulated mega plan, 169.22-kilometer drains will be constructed in phases by June, 2016.Besides, 8.72-kilometer connecting roads will be constructed along the outlets of the drains to facilitate the removal works of extracted mud-related garbage.RCC Mayor Mosaddeque Hossain Bulbul revealed this while inaugurating construction works of a Taka...
Harvesting of Irri-Boro has started in full swing everywhere in the region including its vast barind tract with a positive sign of bumper production. In the current season, 15 to 18 maunds of paddy are being harvested in the high and mid-barind land while 18 to 20 maunds in the floodplain area.According to the sources concerned, the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) had set a target of bringing around 8.39 lakh hectares of land under the Irri-boro cultivation in eight...
