BSS, Rangpur :
Experts at a farmers’ field day Wednesday stressed for adoption of the Conservation Agriculture (CA)-based technologies for boosting wheat production at reduced cost to ensure food security under adverse climate.
RDRS Bangladesh, a reputed NGO, organised the day on wheat fields of farmers Mominur Rahman and Nur Mohammad in Purbo Echlee village under Gangachara upazila for exhibiting benefits of CA-based technologies and harvesting BARI Gom 28.
The NGO has been disseminating the CA-based technologies among farmers to inspire them for mechanisation of agriculture under its Sustainable & Resilient Farming System Intensification (SRFSI) Project in Dinajpur and Rangpur districts.
The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) has been extending financial assistance and International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) technical cooperation in implementing the project.
Eighteen farmers have cultivated the short duration BARI Gom 28 on six acres land with RDRS Bangladesh assistance this season through directly sowing seeds using bed planters and power tiller operated seeder machines with no tillage or single tillage.
Principal Scientific Officer of the On-farm Research Division at Rangpur Regional Station of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) Dr Mazharul Anwar attended the occasion as the chief guest.
Gangachara Upazila Agriculture Officer Abdullah Al Mamun, Sub-assistant Plant Protection Officer of the Department of Agriculture Extension Habibur Rahman and Sub-assistant Agriculture Officer Bhupal Chandra Roy addressed as the special guests.
Senior Agriculture Officer of RDRS Bangladesh for the SRFSI Project Anup Kumar Ghosh, its Filed Assistant Shahinul Islam and local wheat growers also spoke on the occasion chaired by local elite of Laksmitari union Nawshad Mian.
In their speeches, the farmers narrated as how they got the short duration BARI Gom 28 wheat seed and sowed those adopting strip tillage, reduced or zero tillage methods using two- wheel power tiller operated seeder machines and bed planters.
Narrating benefits of cultivating BARI Gom 28 adopting these technologies, Project Coordinator of SRFSI Project of RDRS Bangladesh Rashedul Islam said the farmers get more output at reduced costs for irrigation, farm-labourers and time.
The experts stressed for priority on helping farmers in getting maximum benefits by reducing production cost and increasing crop intensification through adopting the proven CA- based and resource conservation technologies, machineries and devices.
The chief guest said adoption of the technologies will increase wheat yield at reduced costs, save water, fuel, quality seed and better germination with residual moistures to improve soil health, planting machine prototypes, inputs and remunerative markets.
After harvesting BARI Gom 28 in presence of the officials, experts, farmers Mominur Rahman and Nur Mohammad of the village got 4.2 tonnes yield rate per hectare of the high yielding variety wheat in their fields.
Experts at a farmers’ field day Wednesday stressed for adoption of the Conservation Agriculture (CA)-based technologies for boosting wheat production at reduced cost to ensure food security under adverse climate.
RDRS Bangladesh, a reputed NGO, organised the day on wheat fields of farmers Mominur Rahman and Nur Mohammad in Purbo Echlee village under Gangachara upazila for exhibiting benefits of CA-based technologies and harvesting BARI Gom 28.
The NGO has been disseminating the CA-based technologies among farmers to inspire them for mechanisation of agriculture under its Sustainable & Resilient Farming System Intensification (SRFSI) Project in Dinajpur and Rangpur districts.
The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) has been extending financial assistance and International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) technical cooperation in implementing the project.
Eighteen farmers have cultivated the short duration BARI Gom 28 on six acres land with RDRS Bangladesh assistance this season through directly sowing seeds using bed planters and power tiller operated seeder machines with no tillage or single tillage.
Principal Scientific Officer of the On-farm Research Division at Rangpur Regional Station of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) Dr Mazharul Anwar attended the occasion as the chief guest.
Gangachara Upazila Agriculture Officer Abdullah Al Mamun, Sub-assistant Plant Protection Officer of the Department of Agriculture Extension Habibur Rahman and Sub-assistant Agriculture Officer Bhupal Chandra Roy addressed as the special guests.
Senior Agriculture Officer of RDRS Bangladesh for the SRFSI Project Anup Kumar Ghosh, its Filed Assistant Shahinul Islam and local wheat growers also spoke on the occasion chaired by local elite of Laksmitari union Nawshad Mian.
In their speeches, the farmers narrated as how they got the short duration BARI Gom 28 wheat seed and sowed those adopting strip tillage, reduced or zero tillage methods using two- wheel power tiller operated seeder machines and bed planters.
Narrating benefits of cultivating BARI Gom 28 adopting these technologies, Project Coordinator of SRFSI Project of RDRS Bangladesh Rashedul Islam said the farmers get more output at reduced costs for irrigation, farm-labourers and time.
The experts stressed for priority on helping farmers in getting maximum benefits by reducing production cost and increasing crop intensification through adopting the proven CA- based and resource conservation technologies, machineries and devices.
The chief guest said adoption of the technologies will increase wheat yield at reduced costs, save water, fuel, quality seed and better germination with residual moistures to improve soil health, planting machine prototypes, inputs and remunerative markets.
After harvesting BARI Gom 28 in presence of the officials, experts, farmers Mominur Rahman and Nur Mohammad of the village got 4.2 tonnes yield rate per hectare of the high yielding variety wheat in their fields.
