Rangpur Correspondent :
An excellent yield of BRRI dhan 33, a short duration variety of paddy has brought smiles on the faces of the cultivators of Kawnia upazila in the district during this year.
According to Upazila Agriculture office sources the paddy was cultivated on some 1500 hectares of land in upazila this year and the farmers are delighted with the yield they have achieved .
This short duration anti-monga paddy is cultivated mainly to create job opportunities for the agri-labourers during the lean period of Bengali month of Ashwin and Kartik. During the time the poor, particularly the farmers and day labourers become jobless after completing the transplantation of Aman seedlings on the field and face seasonal job crisis and poverty-like situation which force many labourers to move to big cities in search of works.
An excellent yield of BRRI dhan 33, a short duration variety of paddy has brought smiles on the faces of the cultivators of Kawnia upazila in the district during this year.
According to Upazila Agriculture office sources the paddy was cultivated on some 1500 hectares of land in upazila this year and the farmers are delighted with the yield they have achieved .
This short duration anti-monga paddy is cultivated mainly to create job opportunities for the agri-labourers during the lean period of Bengali month of Ashwin and Kartik. During the time the poor, particularly the farmers and day labourers become jobless after completing the transplantation of Aman seedlings on the field and face seasonal job crisis and poverty-like situation which force many labourers to move to big cities in search of works.
