Mintu Abdur Rahman, Rangpur :
A good yield of Boro paddy is likely to be achieved across five districts under Rangpur agriculture region during the current season due to a congenial weather condition and timely supply of agri-inputs.
According to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Rangpur official sources farmers cultivated Boro on around 5,09000 hectares of land this season in five districts in the zone. The districts are Rangpur, Kurigram, Gaibandha, Nilphamari and Lalmonirhat.
Shahjahan Ali, a farmer of Santospur village at Balua Mashimpur union of Mithapukur upazila in Rangpur district said that he has cultivated BR-28 variety of Boro paddy on one acre of land this season. Plants are growing well due to timely supply of necessary agri-inputs.
He also cultivated hybrid variety of Boro paddy Hira on two and half acre of land this season. He has become optimistic about achieving a good yield of the crop, if the weather remains congenial, he also said.
They have to spend additional money for buying pesticides and medicine to protect their lands from pest or disease attack, Shahjahan also said. He alleged that they do not get adequate assistances including necessary advices from the DAE field level officers as they never visit their areas.
DAE sources said sufficient water supply, agri-inputs and congenial weather condition enhanced paddy cultivation in the region this year, making the farmers hopeful of a good output of the crop. Growers are given necessary advices and assistances in order to boost up the production of the crop this year, sources added.
BSS adds: The farmers are expecting an all-time record production of Boro rice and fair price as harvest of the major cereal crop just began this season everywhere in Rangpur agriculture region.
Talking to BSS, a number of farmers today expressed happiness over the government announcement of official procurement of Boro paddy at Tk 26 per kg and clean Boro rice at Taka 36 per kg from April 25 across the country.
Officials of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said a bumper production of Boro rice is expected as farmers already started its harvest and are getting excellent yield rate after exceeding the fixed cultivation target in the region.
“The farmers have already harvested Boro rice on over 2,000 hectares of land and the process will get momentum from next month,” Horticulture Specialist of the DAE at its regional office Khondker Md. Mesbahul Islam told BSS on Saturday.
The DAE has fixed a target of producing over 20.88-lakh tonnes of clean Boro rice (31.32-lakh tonnes of paddy) from 4.97-lakh hectares of land for all five districts in the region this season.
“However, farmers have finally brought over 5.09-lakh hectares of land under Boro rice farming, higher by 12,319 hectares or 2.48 percent than the fixed cultivation target and the crop is growing superbly amid favourable climatic condition,” Islam said.
Of them, farmers have cultivated hybrid variety Boro rice on over 1.98- lakh hectares of land, high yielding variety on over 3.12-lakh hectares and local variety on 2,085 hectares of land this time in the region.
Regional Additional Director of DAE Mohammad Ali said the government has taken adequate steps to ensure smooth irrigation, supply of fuels, fertilisers and electricity and other facilities to farmers to make the Boro rice farming programme successful.
“Smooth irrigation to Boro rice fields have been ensured by putting over 2.37-lakh irrigation pumps, including 2,810 deep tube-wells, over 2.33-lakh shallow tube-wells, 570 low-lift pumps and 512 other pumps into operation in the region,” Ali added.
Besides, filed level sub-assistant agriculture officials, scientists, researchers and experts are assisting farmers and providing them with latest technologies to make the intensive Boro rice cultivation programme a success, he added.
Talking to BSS, farmers Helal Mian, Ekramul Haque, Zaved Ali and Ariful Haque of village Najirdigar and Manik Mian of village Darshona in Rangpur Sadar said they have cultivated Boro rice on two to five acres of land each this season.
They will begin harvesting of their cultivated Boro rice from the next week and are expecting to get a bumper production of the crop with better market price.
“I have cultivated Boro rice on five acres of my lands using my electricity-run own irrigation pump,” said Haque hoping that he would get a super bumper production of the crop this season.
“The total farming costs of Boro rice, including labour-cost for harvesting of the crop, on my five acres of land may be around Taka 45,000 to 50,000 with Taka 9,000 to 10,000 per acre of land on an average for high wages of the farm-labourers,” he said.
If the climatic condition remains favourable during next five to six weeks, Haque hoped to harvest 85 to 90 mounds of Boro crop in terms of paddy per acre of land.
“Though current market price of paddy stands at Taka 600 per mound, I hope to earn better profit if I could sell my newly harvested Boro paddy to purchasing centres at the government fixed rate of Taka 26 per kg (Taka 1,040 per mound),” Haque added.
Similarly, farmers Abdul Kuddus, Mostaq Chowdhury, Abdul Kadir, Mohsin Ali, Lutfar Rahman, Echhahaq Ali and Khalequzzaman of different villages expressed firm hope of getting bumper Boro rice production with better price this year.
A good yield of Boro paddy is likely to be achieved across five districts under Rangpur agriculture region during the current season due to a congenial weather condition and timely supply of agri-inputs.
According to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Rangpur official sources farmers cultivated Boro on around 5,09000 hectares of land this season in five districts in the zone. The districts are Rangpur, Kurigram, Gaibandha, Nilphamari and Lalmonirhat.
Shahjahan Ali, a farmer of Santospur village at Balua Mashimpur union of Mithapukur upazila in Rangpur district said that he has cultivated BR-28 variety of Boro paddy on one acre of land this season. Plants are growing well due to timely supply of necessary agri-inputs.
He also cultivated hybrid variety of Boro paddy Hira on two and half acre of land this season. He has become optimistic about achieving a good yield of the crop, if the weather remains congenial, he also said.
They have to spend additional money for buying pesticides and medicine to protect their lands from pest or disease attack, Shahjahan also said. He alleged that they do not get adequate assistances including necessary advices from the DAE field level officers as they never visit their areas.
DAE sources said sufficient water supply, agri-inputs and congenial weather condition enhanced paddy cultivation in the region this year, making the farmers hopeful of a good output of the crop. Growers are given necessary advices and assistances in order to boost up the production of the crop this year, sources added.
BSS adds: The farmers are expecting an all-time record production of Boro rice and fair price as harvest of the major cereal crop just began this season everywhere in Rangpur agriculture region.
Talking to BSS, a number of farmers today expressed happiness over the government announcement of official procurement of Boro paddy at Tk 26 per kg and clean Boro rice at Taka 36 per kg from April 25 across the country.
Officials of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said a bumper production of Boro rice is expected as farmers already started its harvest and are getting excellent yield rate after exceeding the fixed cultivation target in the region.
“The farmers have already harvested Boro rice on over 2,000 hectares of land and the process will get momentum from next month,” Horticulture Specialist of the DAE at its regional office Khondker Md. Mesbahul Islam told BSS on Saturday.
The DAE has fixed a target of producing over 20.88-lakh tonnes of clean Boro rice (31.32-lakh tonnes of paddy) from 4.97-lakh hectares of land for all five districts in the region this season.
“However, farmers have finally brought over 5.09-lakh hectares of land under Boro rice farming, higher by 12,319 hectares or 2.48 percent than the fixed cultivation target and the crop is growing superbly amid favourable climatic condition,” Islam said.
Of them, farmers have cultivated hybrid variety Boro rice on over 1.98- lakh hectares of land, high yielding variety on over 3.12-lakh hectares and local variety on 2,085 hectares of land this time in the region.
Regional Additional Director of DAE Mohammad Ali said the government has taken adequate steps to ensure smooth irrigation, supply of fuels, fertilisers and electricity and other facilities to farmers to make the Boro rice farming programme successful.
“Smooth irrigation to Boro rice fields have been ensured by putting over 2.37-lakh irrigation pumps, including 2,810 deep tube-wells, over 2.33-lakh shallow tube-wells, 570 low-lift pumps and 512 other pumps into operation in the region,” Ali added.
Besides, filed level sub-assistant agriculture officials, scientists, researchers and experts are assisting farmers and providing them with latest technologies to make the intensive Boro rice cultivation programme a success, he added.
Talking to BSS, farmers Helal Mian, Ekramul Haque, Zaved Ali and Ariful Haque of village Najirdigar and Manik Mian of village Darshona in Rangpur Sadar said they have cultivated Boro rice on two to five acres of land each this season.
They will begin harvesting of their cultivated Boro rice from the next week and are expecting to get a bumper production of the crop with better market price.
“I have cultivated Boro rice on five acres of my lands using my electricity-run own irrigation pump,” said Haque hoping that he would get a super bumper production of the crop this season.
“The total farming costs of Boro rice, including labour-cost for harvesting of the crop, on my five acres of land may be around Taka 45,000 to 50,000 with Taka 9,000 to 10,000 per acre of land on an average for high wages of the farm-labourers,” he said.
If the climatic condition remains favourable during next five to six weeks, Haque hoped to harvest 85 to 90 mounds of Boro crop in terms of paddy per acre of land.
“Though current market price of paddy stands at Taka 600 per mound, I hope to earn better profit if I could sell my newly harvested Boro paddy to purchasing centres at the government fixed rate of Taka 26 per kg (Taka 1,040 per mound),” Haque added.
Similarly, farmers Abdul Kuddus, Mostaq Chowdhury, Abdul Kadir, Mohsin Ali, Lutfar Rahman, Echhahaq Ali and Khalequzzaman of different villages expressed firm hope of getting bumper Boro rice production with better price this year.
