Sylhet Correspondent :
In Sylhet division over 3,550 tonnes of wheat have been produced in this year. However, per hectare yield stands at 2.2 tonnes this season.
DAE sources said, The highest yield reportedly comes from Sunamganj, where the crop was cultivated on 588 hectares of land followed by 487 hectares in Habiganj and 442 hectares in Sylhet.
The lowest output comes from Moulvibazar where the cereal was cultivated on 22 hectares of land.
Wheat cultivation is on the rise in the region. Cultivators show more interest in farming the crop on more lands due to its high demand, sources added.
The DAE also set some demonstration plots in different areas of the division to insist the growers on wheat farming.
BSS from Rangpur adds: A bumper wheat output has been achieved in Rangpur agriculture region this year further brightening prospect in the agro-economy as well as food security amid changing climate.
According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources, the farmers have produced 89 thousand and 699 tonnes of wheat, higher by five thousand and 837 tonnes or 6.96 per cent than the fixed target of production 83 thousand 862 tonnes this time.
The farmers had finally cultivated wheat on 26,673 hectares of land, only 379 hectares less than the fixed target of bringing 27,052 hectares under farming in the region during the just ended Rabi season.
However, the farmers had exceeded the fixed production target by cultivating high yielding wheat varieties on more lands this year to achieve bumper production of the less irrigation water consuming cereal crop.
“Expanded cultivation of high yielding wheat varieties helped the farmers to achieve production 3.36 tonnes average per hectare against the target 3.10 tonnes per hectare leading to bumper production,” said Horticulture Specialist of DAE Khondker Md Mesbahul Islam.
The farmers had mostly cultivated high yielding wheat varieties like ‘Bijoy’, ‘Pradip’, ‘Sotabdhi’, BARI Gom25, BARI Gom26, BARI Gom27, BARI Gom28 and BARI Gom29 this time on their lands, he added.
Talking to BSS, Extension Agronomist Anarul Haque at Dinajpur Hub of International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center expressed satisfaction over bumper wheat output this year and predicted brighter prospect of the crop in future in the region.
“The bumper wheat production was achieved by the farmers following expanded cultivation of high yielding, disease-resistant, stress- and high temperature- tolerant wheat seeds and conservation agriculture technologies,” he added.
Deputy Director of the DAE SM Ashraf Ali said wheat production had been affected in the past due to impacts of high temperature on its farming and delayed sowing of seed after late harvesting Aman paddy, use of low quality local variety seeds and other reasons.
“However, the farmers are sowing high yielding, quality, disease resistant and stress tolerant variety wheat seeds timely using the latest, mechanised and low cost technologies after harvesting the short duration Aman rice to get bumper production,” Ashraf said.
In Sylhet division over 3,550 tonnes of wheat have been produced in this year. However, per hectare yield stands at 2.2 tonnes this season.
DAE sources said, The highest yield reportedly comes from Sunamganj, where the crop was cultivated on 588 hectares of land followed by 487 hectares in Habiganj and 442 hectares in Sylhet.
The lowest output comes from Moulvibazar where the cereal was cultivated on 22 hectares of land.
Wheat cultivation is on the rise in the region. Cultivators show more interest in farming the crop on more lands due to its high demand, sources added.
The DAE also set some demonstration plots in different areas of the division to insist the growers on wheat farming.
BSS from Rangpur adds: A bumper wheat output has been achieved in Rangpur agriculture region this year further brightening prospect in the agro-economy as well as food security amid changing climate.
According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources, the farmers have produced 89 thousand and 699 tonnes of wheat, higher by five thousand and 837 tonnes or 6.96 per cent than the fixed target of production 83 thousand 862 tonnes this time.
The farmers had finally cultivated wheat on 26,673 hectares of land, only 379 hectares less than the fixed target of bringing 27,052 hectares under farming in the region during the just ended Rabi season.
However, the farmers had exceeded the fixed production target by cultivating high yielding wheat varieties on more lands this year to achieve bumper production of the less irrigation water consuming cereal crop.
“Expanded cultivation of high yielding wheat varieties helped the farmers to achieve production 3.36 tonnes average per hectare against the target 3.10 tonnes per hectare leading to bumper production,” said Horticulture Specialist of DAE Khondker Md Mesbahul Islam.
The farmers had mostly cultivated high yielding wheat varieties like ‘Bijoy’, ‘Pradip’, ‘Sotabdhi’, BARI Gom25, BARI Gom26, BARI Gom27, BARI Gom28 and BARI Gom29 this time on their lands, he added.
Talking to BSS, Extension Agronomist Anarul Haque at Dinajpur Hub of International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center expressed satisfaction over bumper wheat output this year and predicted brighter prospect of the crop in future in the region.
“The bumper wheat production was achieved by the farmers following expanded cultivation of high yielding, disease-resistant, stress- and high temperature- tolerant wheat seeds and conservation agriculture technologies,” he added.
Deputy Director of the DAE SM Ashraf Ali said wheat production had been affected in the past due to impacts of high temperature on its farming and delayed sowing of seed after late harvesting Aman paddy, use of low quality local variety seeds and other reasons.
“However, the farmers are sowing high yielding, quality, disease resistant and stress tolerant variety wheat seeds timely using the latest, mechanised and low cost technologies after harvesting the short duration Aman rice to get bumper production,” Ashraf said.
