BSS, Netrakona :
Bumper jute production has brought smile on the faces of farmers of all the ten upazilas in the district as they got fair price for the crop in the current season.
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) had a target of cultivating jute on 5,361 hectares of land here, but jute was cultivated on 5,371 hectares exceeding the target and 43,652 bales of jute were produced.
DAE office sources said, of the total 7,664 bales of capsularies varieties of jute, 2,786 bales of olitorious varities of jute, 27,138 bales of kenaf varities and 6,064 bales of mesta varities were produced in the ten upazilas of the district.
Deputy Director of DAE Samir Kumar Sarker told BSS that the farmers of the area were found interested in jute farming on more new lands due to logistic support by the government and availability of seeds, fertilisers, insecticides and other agri-inputs in a favourable climatic condition.
Apart from this, the jute growers evinced keen interest to cultivate jute on more lands this year as they got fair prices of the crop than last year side by side with getting necessary cooperation from different state-run agencies and banks including BADC, BCIC , DAE and Bangladesh Krishi Bank and Sonali Bank, he said.
Bumper jute production has brought smile on the faces of farmers of all the ten upazilas in the district as they got fair price for the crop in the current season.
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) had a target of cultivating jute on 5,361 hectares of land here, but jute was cultivated on 5,371 hectares exceeding the target and 43,652 bales of jute were produced.
DAE office sources said, of the total 7,664 bales of capsularies varieties of jute, 2,786 bales of olitorious varities of jute, 27,138 bales of kenaf varities and 6,064 bales of mesta varities were produced in the ten upazilas of the district.
Deputy Director of DAE Samir Kumar Sarker told BSS that the farmers of the area were found interested in jute farming on more new lands due to logistic support by the government and availability of seeds, fertilisers, insecticides and other agri-inputs in a favourable climatic condition.
Apart from this, the jute growers evinced keen interest to cultivate jute on more lands this year as they got fair prices of the crop than last year side by side with getting necessary cooperation from different state-run agencies and banks including BADC, BCIC , DAE and Bangladesh Krishi Bank and Sonali Bank, he said.
