BSS, Rangpur :
Experts at a farmers’ field day have stressed for expanded cultivation of flood tolerant rice to attain sustainable food security through increasing cereal crop production.
Baroghoria Farmers’ Field School organised the field day with the assistance of CARE Bangladesh and Eco Social Development Organization (ESDO) in village Hemerkuthi Mastarerhat under Sadar Upazila of Kurigram on Sunday afternoon.
The ESDO with assistance of CARE Bangladesh has been popularising cultivation of BINA dhan11 under newer cropping pattern to cope with climate change under ‘Where the Rain Falls’ project being funded by The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation.
The flood tolerant and short duration BINA dhan11 rice variety can survive 20 to 22 days remaining submerged under floodwater to create more opportunity for the rain-fed farmers in Kurigram in getting increased rice production under adverse situation.
With Chief Programme Coordinator of ESDO KN Sarker in the chair, Kurigram Sadar Upazila Agriculture Officer of Department of Agriculture Extension Mohammad Kamruzzaman attended the occasion as the chief guest.
Over 250 male and female farmers, community leaders, union parishad members, NGO representatives, commoners and elite attended the occasion organised for demonstrating cultivation technology and harvesting of BINA dhan11.
While addressing the occasion, project beneficiary farmer Asar Uddin said he cultivated BINA dhan11 for the first time on an experimental basis and got 5 tonne paddy yield per hectare this season.
Sakmal Hossain said he also cultivated BINA dhan11, which survived submergence for more than 15 days in mid-August, whereas traditional rice varieties like ‘guti sarana’, ‘ganjia’ and ‘malshira’ in the surrounding areas were totally damaged.
Citing their cultivation experiences of BINA dhan11 this season, the farmers said life span of the crop since seedling transplantation is 115 to 120 days under normal condition and 135 to 140 days under submergence condition.
Agriculture experts said the project is aimed at developing new cropping pattern for expanded cultivation of climate-resilient crop varieties in the northern region under a pilot programme.
Early harvest of short duration BINA dhan11 rice also enables the farmers to cultivate early winter vegetables and subsequent crops to enhance crop intensification and increase their earnings, they said.
The chief guest stressed on expanded farming of flood tolerant rice in the low-lying lands to avoid risks of natural calamities like floods and produce more rice even when there were no flash floods.
Experts at a farmers’ field day have stressed for expanded cultivation of flood tolerant rice to attain sustainable food security through increasing cereal crop production.
Baroghoria Farmers’ Field School organised the field day with the assistance of CARE Bangladesh and Eco Social Development Organization (ESDO) in village Hemerkuthi Mastarerhat under Sadar Upazila of Kurigram on Sunday afternoon.
The ESDO with assistance of CARE Bangladesh has been popularising cultivation of BINA dhan11 under newer cropping pattern to cope with climate change under ‘Where the Rain Falls’ project being funded by The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation.
The flood tolerant and short duration BINA dhan11 rice variety can survive 20 to 22 days remaining submerged under floodwater to create more opportunity for the rain-fed farmers in Kurigram in getting increased rice production under adverse situation.
With Chief Programme Coordinator of ESDO KN Sarker in the chair, Kurigram Sadar Upazila Agriculture Officer of Department of Agriculture Extension Mohammad Kamruzzaman attended the occasion as the chief guest.
Over 250 male and female farmers, community leaders, union parishad members, NGO representatives, commoners and elite attended the occasion organised for demonstrating cultivation technology and harvesting of BINA dhan11.
While addressing the occasion, project beneficiary farmer Asar Uddin said he cultivated BINA dhan11 for the first time on an experimental basis and got 5 tonne paddy yield per hectare this season.
Sakmal Hossain said he also cultivated BINA dhan11, which survived submergence for more than 15 days in mid-August, whereas traditional rice varieties like ‘guti sarana’, ‘ganjia’ and ‘malshira’ in the surrounding areas were totally damaged.
Citing their cultivation experiences of BINA dhan11 this season, the farmers said life span of the crop since seedling transplantation is 115 to 120 days under normal condition and 135 to 140 days under submergence condition.
Agriculture experts said the project is aimed at developing new cropping pattern for expanded cultivation of climate-resilient crop varieties in the northern region under a pilot programme.
Early harvest of short duration BINA dhan11 rice also enables the farmers to cultivate early winter vegetables and subsequent crops to enhance crop intensification and increase their earnings, they said.
The chief guest stressed on expanded farming of flood tolerant rice in the low-lying lands to avoid risks of natural calamities like floods and produce more rice even when there were no flash floods.
