BSS, Gaibandha :
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken up a programme to prepare seed bed to produce healthy seedlings for Boro farming in all the seven upazilas of the district during the current Boro season.
The DAE Office sources said over 121,000 hectares of land would be brought under Boro paddy cultivation this year with a production target of 490,000 tonnes of rice.
The seedbed will be prepared on at least 6,000 hectares of land by sowing over 4,200 tonnes of seed in the district this season, the source added.
Now, the farmers are taking their preparations to make the seedbeds on the low land with the hopes of growing healthy seedlings for getting desired production through transplanting those on other land.
To make the programme a success, high quality seed of Boro paddy like BRRI Dhan-28, BRRI Dhan-29, BRRI Dhan-50 and BRRI Dhan-58 are being distributed to the farmers at reasonable rates through Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) and other private firms approved by Seed Certification Agency of the government.
Besides, many of the farmers have taken preparation to make seedbeds by sowing their own seed not depending on BADC and local markets as they received training on seed preservation from the field level officials of DAE.
On the other hand, a section of unscrupulous and dishonest seed traders have become so much active and are doing brisk business during the peak hours of Boro seedbed preparation.
In this context, the DAE officials advised the farmers not to buy fake and substandard seed from the shops except BADC and government approved dealers, the sources said.
Talking to the BSS deputy director of DAE AKM Ruhul Amin said the field level sub assistant agriculture officers were instructed to motivate the farmers so that no growers could be cheated by buying fake and sub standard seed from the dishonest seed traders.
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken up a programme to prepare seed bed to produce healthy seedlings for Boro farming in all the seven upazilas of the district during the current Boro season.
The DAE Office sources said over 121,000 hectares of land would be brought under Boro paddy cultivation this year with a production target of 490,000 tonnes of rice.
The seedbed will be prepared on at least 6,000 hectares of land by sowing over 4,200 tonnes of seed in the district this season, the source added.
Now, the farmers are taking their preparations to make the seedbeds on the low land with the hopes of growing healthy seedlings for getting desired production through transplanting those on other land.
To make the programme a success, high quality seed of Boro paddy like BRRI Dhan-28, BRRI Dhan-29, BRRI Dhan-50 and BRRI Dhan-58 are being distributed to the farmers at reasonable rates through Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) and other private firms approved by Seed Certification Agency of the government.
Besides, many of the farmers have taken preparation to make seedbeds by sowing their own seed not depending on BADC and local markets as they received training on seed preservation from the field level officials of DAE.
On the other hand, a section of unscrupulous and dishonest seed traders have become so much active and are doing brisk business during the peak hours of Boro seedbed preparation.
In this context, the DAE officials advised the farmers not to buy fake and substandard seed from the shops except BADC and government approved dealers, the sources said.
Talking to the BSS deputy director of DAE AKM Ruhul Amin said the field level sub assistant agriculture officers were instructed to motivate the farmers so that no growers could be cheated by buying fake and sub standard seed from the dishonest seed traders.
