BSS,Rajshahi :
Collective efforts of both farmers and scientists could be the effective means of boosting acreage and yield of mashkalai (black gram) farming through the best uses of potentialities and high yielding variety, BARIMASH-3, in the region, said Engr Dr Janan Ranjan Sil.
Acreage of the variety released by Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) should be enhanced to a greater extent to face the existing challenges of clime change impact, he said.
Dr Ranjan Sil, Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Forest and Environment was addressing a farmers’ field day programme styled “Farming Expansion of BARIMASH-3 in Char Areas” held at Charmohanpur Ghorapakhia area under Shibgonj upazila in Chapinawabganj district yesterday as chief guest.
Barind Station of On Farm Research Division (OFRD) of BARI organized the field day in association with Sustainable Crop Innovation in Drought-prone Barind area to Mitigate Climate Change Impact Project and Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund (BCCTF).
Engr Sil, also Managing Director of BCCTF, urged the scientists and farmers concerned to put in their best efforts for successful promotion of the innovated crop varieties which are suitable for the region.
Abi Abdullah, Deputy Director (Admin and Finance) of BCCTF, addressed the discussion as special guest with Apurba Kanti Choudhury, Principal Scientific Officer of BARI, in the chair.
BARI Principal Scientific Officers Dr Alim Uddin and Dr Ilias Hossain, Additional Deputy Director of Department of Agriculture Extension Monzurul Huda and OFRD Senior Scientific Officer and Head of OFRD Barind Center Dr Shakhawat Hossain and its Scientific Officer Enayet Ali Pramanik also spoke.
Dr Shakhawat Hossain told the meeting that more than 100 bighas of char lands of the Padma and Mohananda rivers were brought under the mash-kalai farming this season with OFRD initiatives. Huge land of the char area remained fallow after receding floodwater every year. So, there is an enormous scope of elevating socio-economic condition of the local community through the best uses of the fallow lands if those were brought under BARIMASH-3 farming.
He referred to various salient features of the cash crops. He said: “No additional cost for fertilizer, pesticide and irrigation is needed to cultivate this short-term cash crop”.
Collective efforts of both farmers and scientists could be the effective means of boosting acreage and yield of mashkalai (black gram) farming through the best uses of potentialities and high yielding variety, BARIMASH-3, in the region, said Engr Dr Janan Ranjan Sil.
Acreage of the variety released by Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) should be enhanced to a greater extent to face the existing challenges of clime change impact, he said.
Dr Ranjan Sil, Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Forest and Environment was addressing a farmers’ field day programme styled “Farming Expansion of BARIMASH-3 in Char Areas” held at Charmohanpur Ghorapakhia area under Shibgonj upazila in Chapinawabganj district yesterday as chief guest.
Barind Station of On Farm Research Division (OFRD) of BARI organized the field day in association with Sustainable Crop Innovation in Drought-prone Barind area to Mitigate Climate Change Impact Project and Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund (BCCTF).
Engr Sil, also Managing Director of BCCTF, urged the scientists and farmers concerned to put in their best efforts for successful promotion of the innovated crop varieties which are suitable for the region.
Abi Abdullah, Deputy Director (Admin and Finance) of BCCTF, addressed the discussion as special guest with Apurba Kanti Choudhury, Principal Scientific Officer of BARI, in the chair.
BARI Principal Scientific Officers Dr Alim Uddin and Dr Ilias Hossain, Additional Deputy Director of Department of Agriculture Extension Monzurul Huda and OFRD Senior Scientific Officer and Head of OFRD Barind Center Dr Shakhawat Hossain and its Scientific Officer Enayet Ali Pramanik also spoke.
Dr Shakhawat Hossain told the meeting that more than 100 bighas of char lands of the Padma and Mohananda rivers were brought under the mash-kalai farming this season with OFRD initiatives. Huge land of the char area remained fallow after receding floodwater every year. So, there is an enormous scope of elevating socio-economic condition of the local community through the best uses of the fallow lands if those were brought under BARIMASH-3 farming.
He referred to various salient features of the cash crops. He said: “No additional cost for fertilizer, pesticide and irrigation is needed to cultivate this short-term cash crop”.
