BSS Rangpur :
The farmers have already completed transplantation of Boro paddy seedling on 92 percent of targeted land area on way to achieve the fixed farming target of the crop in Rangpur agriculture region this season.
“The farmers transplanted Boro rice seedling on 4.48-lakh hectares of land, 92 percent of the targeted 4.97-lakh hectares of land in the region within this week,” Horticulture Specialist of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) at its regional office Khondker Md. Mesbahul Islam said.
The DAE has fixed a target of producing over 20.88-lakh tonnes of clean Boro rice from over 4.97-lakh hectares of land for all five districts of Rangpur, Gaibandha, Kurigram, Nilphamari and Lalmonirhat in the agriculture region this season.
The DAE and other departments concerned have taken adequate steps to ensure smooth irrigation, supply of fuels, fertilisers and electricity and other facilities to farmers to make the intensive Boro rice farming programme successful.
“Meanwhile, 2.26-lakh irrigation pumps, including 2,746 deep tube-wells, over 2.25-lakh shallow tube-wells, 550 low-lift pumps and 261 other pumps have already been put into operation for irrigating Boro rice fields in the region,” Islam said.
He said transplantation of Boro rice seedling already completed on the low-lying lands, beels, haors, flood-prone and riverine areas where farmers would complete its harvest before the next rainy season. There is no crisis of Boro rice seedling as farmers have prepared seedbeds on 29,537 hectares of land, higher by 6.354-lakh hectares against requirement of preparing the same on 23,183 hectares of land.
As per the fixed target, farmers will produce 8.16-lakh tonnes of hybrid variety Boro rice from 1.71-lakh hectares of land, 12.68-lakh tonnes of high yielding variety rice from 3.23-lakh hectares and 3,952 tonnes of local variety rice from 2,037 hectares of land.
“The farmers have already transplanted hybrid variety of Boro rice seedling on 1.70-lakh hectares of land, high yielding variety on 2.85-lakh hectares and local variety of Boro rice seedling on 2,085 hectares of land by Monday in the region,” Islam said.
Talking to BSS, farmers Ariful Haque, Manik Mian and Azizul Islam of village Najirdigar in Rangpur Sadar upazila said they have already completed transplantation of Boro rice seedling on their respective lands.
Farmers Aminur Rahman of village Deabalya and Mahbubur Rahman of village Paikpara in Rajarhat upazila and Abdus Salam and Abdur Rashid of Sibram village in Sadar upazila of Kurigram said they have also completed Boro rice seedling transplantation.
They expressed satisfaction over smooth supply of electricity to irrigate Boro rice fields and adequate supply of fertilisers and strict monitoring system o the government to make the Boro rice framing programme successful.
Deputy Director of the DAE at its regional office Md Moniruzzaman said transplantation of Boro rice seedling was nearing completion amid favourable climatic conditions and the process would complete by mid-March in the region.
He predicted that farmers would achieve the fixed farming target of Boro rice with a possibility of exceeding the fixed farming target as farmers were transplanting Boro rice seedling on their lands after harvesting potato this season.
“The crops fields are wearing greenish eye-catching looks now as tender Boro rice plants growing superbly in all five districts of Rangpur agriculture region,” Moniruzzaman added.
BSS from Rajshahi adds: Seedling transplantation of Irri-boro paddy has got a highest peak as the farmers put in their level best efforts to complete the transplantation process in due time.
At present, the farmers are passing their busy days in seedling transplantation and nursing of the newly transplanted tender plants everywhere in all eight districts under Rajshahi division including its vast Barind tract.
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has set a target of producing 33.17 lakh tonnes of Boro rice from 8.11 lakh hectares of land under thedivision in the current season. Already, the farmers transplanted seedlings on more than 6.72 lakh hectares of land.
They also raised seedbeds on 48,138 hectares of land against the target of 41,838 hectares of land fixed by DAE.
“We are very much hopeful about exceeding the target of seedling transplantation like the seedbed,” expects SM Mustafizur Rahman, Additional Director of DAE, while talking to BSS here.
The marginal farmers were provided necessary fertilizers like Di-ammonium Phosphate (DAP) and Murat of Potash (MoP) as incentives to facilitate smooth Boro paddy farming.
Agriculturist Rahman said steps have been taken to ensure smooth Boro rice cultivation this season. The farming is going on in full swing across the region as they are optimistic of harvesting the crop early, he added.
“I have already cultivated Boro on eight bighas of land this season”, said Lokman Hossain, a farmer in Mohadebpur upazila, adding, “I will bring some more lands under the farming within a very short time.”
The DAE has distributed some 20-kg seeds of Boro rice, 20-kg DAP and 10-kg
MoP fertilisers free of cost to each farmer.
President of Water Management Association of Paba Nurul Amin said, “The farmers of my area are now busy in Boro cultivation. I am cultivating Boro on six bighas of land when it was only three-bigha in last year.
Abdullah Heel Kafi, regional agriculture information officer, said the DAE and other agriculture-related organisations, Power Development Board and Rural Electrification Board are ensuring smooth supply of seed, fertilizers and electricity to the farmers to ensure smooth Boro paddy cultivation.
Kafi expected that the farmers would largely adopt conservation agriculture technologies in farming Boro paddy to increase its output reducing lifting of underground water, saving electricity and improving environment.
He said the farmers were imparted training on how to adopt conservation agriculture technologies like Alternate Drying and Wetting irrigation method at a larger scale then farming of Boro paddy to save irrigation for increasing its output at reduced costs.
“We have full preparation for extending irrigation to the paddy fields,” said Engineer Abdur Rashid, Executive Director of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA), ever-largest irrigation providing state-owned entity in country’s northwest region.
The farmers have already completed transplantation of Boro paddy seedling on 92 percent of targeted land area on way to achieve the fixed farming target of the crop in Rangpur agriculture region this season.
“The farmers transplanted Boro rice seedling on 4.48-lakh hectares of land, 92 percent of the targeted 4.97-lakh hectares of land in the region within this week,” Horticulture Specialist of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) at its regional office Khondker Md. Mesbahul Islam said.
The DAE has fixed a target of producing over 20.88-lakh tonnes of clean Boro rice from over 4.97-lakh hectares of land for all five districts of Rangpur, Gaibandha, Kurigram, Nilphamari and Lalmonirhat in the agriculture region this season.
The DAE and other departments concerned have taken adequate steps to ensure smooth irrigation, supply of fuels, fertilisers and electricity and other facilities to farmers to make the intensive Boro rice farming programme successful.
“Meanwhile, 2.26-lakh irrigation pumps, including 2,746 deep tube-wells, over 2.25-lakh shallow tube-wells, 550 low-lift pumps and 261 other pumps have already been put into operation for irrigating Boro rice fields in the region,” Islam said.
He said transplantation of Boro rice seedling already completed on the low-lying lands, beels, haors, flood-prone and riverine areas where farmers would complete its harvest before the next rainy season. There is no crisis of Boro rice seedling as farmers have prepared seedbeds on 29,537 hectares of land, higher by 6.354-lakh hectares against requirement of preparing the same on 23,183 hectares of land.
As per the fixed target, farmers will produce 8.16-lakh tonnes of hybrid variety Boro rice from 1.71-lakh hectares of land, 12.68-lakh tonnes of high yielding variety rice from 3.23-lakh hectares and 3,952 tonnes of local variety rice from 2,037 hectares of land.
“The farmers have already transplanted hybrid variety of Boro rice seedling on 1.70-lakh hectares of land, high yielding variety on 2.85-lakh hectares and local variety of Boro rice seedling on 2,085 hectares of land by Monday in the region,” Islam said.
Talking to BSS, farmers Ariful Haque, Manik Mian and Azizul Islam of village Najirdigar in Rangpur Sadar upazila said they have already completed transplantation of Boro rice seedling on their respective lands.
Farmers Aminur Rahman of village Deabalya and Mahbubur Rahman of village Paikpara in Rajarhat upazila and Abdus Salam and Abdur Rashid of Sibram village in Sadar upazila of Kurigram said they have also completed Boro rice seedling transplantation.
They expressed satisfaction over smooth supply of electricity to irrigate Boro rice fields and adequate supply of fertilisers and strict monitoring system o the government to make the Boro rice framing programme successful.
Deputy Director of the DAE at its regional office Md Moniruzzaman said transplantation of Boro rice seedling was nearing completion amid favourable climatic conditions and the process would complete by mid-March in the region.
He predicted that farmers would achieve the fixed farming target of Boro rice with a possibility of exceeding the fixed farming target as farmers were transplanting Boro rice seedling on their lands after harvesting potato this season.
“The crops fields are wearing greenish eye-catching looks now as tender Boro rice plants growing superbly in all five districts of Rangpur agriculture region,” Moniruzzaman added.
BSS from Rajshahi adds: Seedling transplantation of Irri-boro paddy has got a highest peak as the farmers put in their level best efforts to complete the transplantation process in due time.
At present, the farmers are passing their busy days in seedling transplantation and nursing of the newly transplanted tender plants everywhere in all eight districts under Rajshahi division including its vast Barind tract.
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has set a target of producing 33.17 lakh tonnes of Boro rice from 8.11 lakh hectares of land under thedivision in the current season. Already, the farmers transplanted seedlings on more than 6.72 lakh hectares of land.
They also raised seedbeds on 48,138 hectares of land against the target of 41,838 hectares of land fixed by DAE.
“We are very much hopeful about exceeding the target of seedling transplantation like the seedbed,” expects SM Mustafizur Rahman, Additional Director of DAE, while talking to BSS here.
The marginal farmers were provided necessary fertilizers like Di-ammonium Phosphate (DAP) and Murat of Potash (MoP) as incentives to facilitate smooth Boro paddy farming.
Agriculturist Rahman said steps have been taken to ensure smooth Boro rice cultivation this season. The farming is going on in full swing across the region as they are optimistic of harvesting the crop early, he added.
“I have already cultivated Boro on eight bighas of land this season”, said Lokman Hossain, a farmer in Mohadebpur upazila, adding, “I will bring some more lands under the farming within a very short time.”
The DAE has distributed some 20-kg seeds of Boro rice, 20-kg DAP and 10-kg
MoP fertilisers free of cost to each farmer.
President of Water Management Association of Paba Nurul Amin said, “The farmers of my area are now busy in Boro cultivation. I am cultivating Boro on six bighas of land when it was only three-bigha in last year.
Abdullah Heel Kafi, regional agriculture information officer, said the DAE and other agriculture-related organisations, Power Development Board and Rural Electrification Board are ensuring smooth supply of seed, fertilizers and electricity to the farmers to ensure smooth Boro paddy cultivation.
Kafi expected that the farmers would largely adopt conservation agriculture technologies in farming Boro paddy to increase its output reducing lifting of underground water, saving electricity and improving environment.
He said the farmers were imparted training on how to adopt conservation agriculture technologies like Alternate Drying and Wetting irrigation method at a larger scale then farming of Boro paddy to save irrigation for increasing its output at reduced costs.
“We have full preparation for extending irrigation to the paddy fields,” said Engineer Abdur Rashid, Executive Director of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA), ever-largest irrigation providing state-owned entity in country’s northwest region.
