Narsingdi Correspondent ;
Farmers in the Narsingdi district are expecting a bumper production of mustard in the current season.
Encouraged by good yield of the winter crop and its fair price during the last several years, farmers are Raipura, Polash, Shibpura, Monohardi, Balabo and Sadar upazila of the district are cultivating the winter crop on larger areas of land.
Easy cultivation process and lower production cost is also a reason behind popularity of mustard cultivation among the farmers in the area, said officer and farmers. The farmer in Narsingdi district have cultivated mustard on 4180 hectares of land against the DAE’s target of 3365 hectares of land with the production target of 4787 tones, officials said.
Of the mustard fields 580 hectares are in Narsingdi Sadar upazila, 490 hectares in Polash upazila, 365 hectares in Balabo upazila, 660 hectares in Polash upazila, 575 hectares in Monohardi upazila and 685 hectares in Raipura upazila.
Most of the lands are covered with varieties by Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI), including BARI Sharisha-9, Tori -7 and Sampad, said deputy director (DD) of the Department of Agriculture Extension office.
A few local varieties have also been cultivated, office sources said.
Depending on soil condition, requires only one or two times irrigation while about Tk 3000 is needed to cultivate the crop on a bigha (0.3306 acre) of land.
On an average seven mounds (one mound=37.32 kg) of mustard in produces on a bigha of land, Latafat Hossain said.
BSS from Gaibandha adds Cultivation of mustard, a robi crop, has been exceeded in all the seven upazilas of the district this year with an expectation of bumper production against the crop.
Office sources said the department of agriculture extension (DAE) set a target to cultivate the variety on 7,090 hectares of land this year with the production target of 7,878 tonnes of mustard.
The target fixed by the department was achieved and later, it increased to a greater extent in the district during the current season brining more 5,320 hectares of land under mustard cultivation.
Farmers in the Narsingdi district are expecting a bumper production of mustard in the current season.
Encouraged by good yield of the winter crop and its fair price during the last several years, farmers are Raipura, Polash, Shibpura, Monohardi, Balabo and Sadar upazila of the district are cultivating the winter crop on larger areas of land.
Easy cultivation process and lower production cost is also a reason behind popularity of mustard cultivation among the farmers in the area, said officer and farmers. The farmer in Narsingdi district have cultivated mustard on 4180 hectares of land against the DAE’s target of 3365 hectares of land with the production target of 4787 tones, officials said.
Of the mustard fields 580 hectares are in Narsingdi Sadar upazila, 490 hectares in Polash upazila, 365 hectares in Balabo upazila, 660 hectares in Polash upazila, 575 hectares in Monohardi upazila and 685 hectares in Raipura upazila.
Most of the lands are covered with varieties by Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI), including BARI Sharisha-9, Tori -7 and Sampad, said deputy director (DD) of the Department of Agriculture Extension office.
A few local varieties have also been cultivated, office sources said.
Depending on soil condition, requires only one or two times irrigation while about Tk 3000 is needed to cultivate the crop on a bigha (0.3306 acre) of land.
On an average seven mounds (one mound=37.32 kg) of mustard in produces on a bigha of land, Latafat Hossain said.
BSS from Gaibandha adds Cultivation of mustard, a robi crop, has been exceeded in all the seven upazilas of the district this year with an expectation of bumper production against the crop.
Office sources said the department of agriculture extension (DAE) set a target to cultivate the variety on 7,090 hectares of land this year with the production target of 7,878 tonnes of mustard.
The target fixed by the department was achieved and later, it increased to a greater extent in the district during the current season brining more 5,320 hectares of land under mustard cultivation.
