BSS, Rangpur :
Experts at an agriculture input distribution ceremony here have called for promotion of farm mechanization to boost crop production for feeding the gradually increasing population.
They made the call at the ceremony organised by Social Equality for Effective Development (SEED), an NGO, at its office in Kawnia upazila town in the district on Thursday.
The SEED organised the ceremony for distribution of two shallow-engine driven maize crusher machines, 55 hand-run maize crusher machines and two milk tanks free of costs among members of different Female Producers’ Groups of the upazila. Pirgachha Upazila Agriculture Officer Agriculturist Zahidul Haque Chowdhury and Kawnia Upazila Agriculture Officer Agriculturist Shamimur Rahman attended the ceremony and jointly distributed the inputs as the invited guests. With Executive Director of SEED Sarothi Rani Saha in the chair, its Project Assistant Abdus Sabur, Editor of the Weekly ‘Prottyashar Alo’ Sarwar Alam Mukul, addressed the ceremony, among others.
Agriculturist Shamimur Rahman said the current 200 percent cropping intensity could be increased up to 250 percent to 400 percent through the best uses of farm mechanisation to reduce the existing time gap between the two crops. “To this end, the concerned government and NGO officials and farmers should put in their level best efforts and work together as the present government is very much positive toward the direction for increasing food production,” he added. Agriculturist Zahidul Haque Chowdhury said that farm mechanisation was an important tool for profitable and competitive agriculture to maintain multiple cropping patterns through quick land preparation, planting, weeding, harvesting and processing.
“The present government has given due emphasis on farm mechanisation and is funding for rapid agricultural mechanisation to lessen the financial crisis for design and development of agricultural machinery,” he said. In her concluding speech, Sarothi Rani Saha called upon the beneficiary female farmers and producers for ensuing best use of the machineries in their farm activities to make agriculture more profitable by reducing production cost and time of operation.
Common people to resist terrorism, militancy
The common people from all walks in life become united to resist corruption, terrorism, militancy, anarchy and conspiracies against the country to accelerate the pace of national development.
The views were expressed at a human chain organised by ‘Muktir Sangram Samajik Sangathan (MSSS)’ and local people against corruption, militancy, terrorism and anarchy at Buriurhat High School under Taraganj upazila here on Saturday afternoon.
Presided over by President of MSSS Abdul Hakim, a large number of students, teachers, youths, civil society members, religious leaders, farmers, workers and common people participated in the human chain programme.
Local elite Nur Mohammad, Hashem Ali, Mozaffar Hossain and Abdus Salam, women community leaders Shahida Begum and Salma Akhter Lipi, teachers Ziarul Haque and Hamidul Islam, addressed, among others.
The speakers strongly condemned the recent terrorist attacks and killings of innocent people at Gulshan and Sholakia.
They laid special emphasis on strengthening the ‘Para’ and ‘Moholla’ based committees, involving the common people, for preventing corruption and resisting militancy, terrorism and anarchy to establish permanent peace in the society.
Terming those, who are involved with terrorist and militant activities, as the enemies of Islam, they stressed on engaging united efforts for resisting the evil forces involved with such heinous activities.
Abdul Hakim said Islam has no relation with those militants who conducted the recent terrorist attacks and killed innocent people in medieval style at different places in the country.
“Islam is the religion of peace and it never supports terrorism, militancy and killing of innocent people,” he said adding that the common people had already become united at the call of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to eliminate the evil forces from the society.
Experts at an agriculture input distribution ceremony here have called for promotion of farm mechanization to boost crop production for feeding the gradually increasing population.
They made the call at the ceremony organised by Social Equality for Effective Development (SEED), an NGO, at its office in Kawnia upazila town in the district on Thursday.
The SEED organised the ceremony for distribution of two shallow-engine driven maize crusher machines, 55 hand-run maize crusher machines and two milk tanks free of costs among members of different Female Producers’ Groups of the upazila. Pirgachha Upazila Agriculture Officer Agriculturist Zahidul Haque Chowdhury and Kawnia Upazila Agriculture Officer Agriculturist Shamimur Rahman attended the ceremony and jointly distributed the inputs as the invited guests. With Executive Director of SEED Sarothi Rani Saha in the chair, its Project Assistant Abdus Sabur, Editor of the Weekly ‘Prottyashar Alo’ Sarwar Alam Mukul, addressed the ceremony, among others.
Agriculturist Shamimur Rahman said the current 200 percent cropping intensity could be increased up to 250 percent to 400 percent through the best uses of farm mechanisation to reduce the existing time gap between the two crops. “To this end, the concerned government and NGO officials and farmers should put in their level best efforts and work together as the present government is very much positive toward the direction for increasing food production,” he added. Agriculturist Zahidul Haque Chowdhury said that farm mechanisation was an important tool for profitable and competitive agriculture to maintain multiple cropping patterns through quick land preparation, planting, weeding, harvesting and processing.
“The present government has given due emphasis on farm mechanisation and is funding for rapid agricultural mechanisation to lessen the financial crisis for design and development of agricultural machinery,” he said. In her concluding speech, Sarothi Rani Saha called upon the beneficiary female farmers and producers for ensuing best use of the machineries in their farm activities to make agriculture more profitable by reducing production cost and time of operation.
Common people to resist terrorism, militancy
The common people from all walks in life become united to resist corruption, terrorism, militancy, anarchy and conspiracies against the country to accelerate the pace of national development.
The views were expressed at a human chain organised by ‘Muktir Sangram Samajik Sangathan (MSSS)’ and local people against corruption, militancy, terrorism and anarchy at Buriurhat High School under Taraganj upazila here on Saturday afternoon.
Presided over by President of MSSS Abdul Hakim, a large number of students, teachers, youths, civil society members, religious leaders, farmers, workers and common people participated in the human chain programme.
Local elite Nur Mohammad, Hashem Ali, Mozaffar Hossain and Abdus Salam, women community leaders Shahida Begum and Salma Akhter Lipi, teachers Ziarul Haque and Hamidul Islam, addressed, among others.
The speakers strongly condemned the recent terrorist attacks and killings of innocent people at Gulshan and Sholakia.
They laid special emphasis on strengthening the ‘Para’ and ‘Moholla’ based committees, involving the common people, for preventing corruption and resisting militancy, terrorism and anarchy to establish permanent peace in the society.
Terming those, who are involved with terrorist and militant activities, as the enemies of Islam, they stressed on engaging united efforts for resisting the evil forces involved with such heinous activities.
Abdul Hakim said Islam has no relation with those militants who conducted the recent terrorist attacks and killed innocent people in medieval style at different places in the country.
“Islam is the religion of peace and it never supports terrorism, militancy and killing of innocent people,” he said adding that the common people had already become united at the call of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to eliminate the evil forces from the society.
