BSS, Rajshahi :
Speakers at a function urged the grassroots level growers to adopt modern technologies in mango farming as it could be the vital means of making juicy fruit more profitable.
They said there is no alternative to use modern technologies in the fruit farming from its nursing to marketing to meet up the gradually mounting demand of the fruit. The observation came in a daylong farmers training styled “Modern Technology in Mango Farming and its Post-harvest Management” here on Thursday.
Fruit Research Station (FRS) of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institution (BARI) and Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) jointly organized the training at Badalgachhi Upazila Horticulture Centre. Some 80 women farmers from various villages of the area joined the training.
BMDA Chairman Dr Akram Hossain Chowdhury and Upazila Nirbahi Officer Masum Ali Beg addressed the training as chief and special guests respectively with BMDA Executive Officer Shariful Islam in the chair. Principal Scientific Officer of FRS Dr Alim Uddin addressed the session as focal person.
Dr Akram Chowdhury said modern technologies will have to be promoted commercially in mango orchards in the region to protect this fruit from pest attack with facilitating the farmers to get quality and better yield.
He said there is no alternative to train the farmers for substantial and sustainable use of modern technologies. Women farmers should be given priority in this regard as they are very much sincere and attentive to the homestead gardening.
Dr Alim Uddin said FRS has developed many updated technologies and has started disseminating those among the growers and seasonal traders for making the harvest and marketing process safe and hygienic.
Cultivation of wheat in Barind area stressed
Speakers urged the farmers to bring more lands under wheat farming in Barind area to lessen the gradually mounting pressure on its underground water table.
They viewed the farmers should show their interest on promotion of less-irrigation consuming cereal crops instead of depending on only Irri-boro farming in the drought-prone area.
They were addressing a daylong farmers training on wheat production and its seed preservation on Wednesday. Regional Wheat Research Station (RWRS) organized the training at Porsha Upazila Parishad hall room in association with the local office of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) and AFACI Seed Extension Project. BMDA Chairman Dr Akram Hossain Chowdhury and RWRS Principal Scientific Officer Dr Ilias Hossain addressed the function as chief and special guests while BMDA Executive Engineer Abdul Maleque in the chair.
Upazila Vice-chairman Abdul Mazid Sarker, BMDA Assistant Engineers Rezaul Islam and Shahidul Islam also spoke on the occasion.
Dr Akram Chowdhury viewed that large-scale promotion of less-water consuming crops could be the effective means of mitigating water-stress condition in the dried area.
Speakers at a function urged the grassroots level growers to adopt modern technologies in mango farming as it could be the vital means of making juicy fruit more profitable.
They said there is no alternative to use modern technologies in the fruit farming from its nursing to marketing to meet up the gradually mounting demand of the fruit. The observation came in a daylong farmers training styled “Modern Technology in Mango Farming and its Post-harvest Management” here on Thursday.
Fruit Research Station (FRS) of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institution (BARI) and Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) jointly organized the training at Badalgachhi Upazila Horticulture Centre. Some 80 women farmers from various villages of the area joined the training.
BMDA Chairman Dr Akram Hossain Chowdhury and Upazila Nirbahi Officer Masum Ali Beg addressed the training as chief and special guests respectively with BMDA Executive Officer Shariful Islam in the chair. Principal Scientific Officer of FRS Dr Alim Uddin addressed the session as focal person.
Dr Akram Chowdhury said modern technologies will have to be promoted commercially in mango orchards in the region to protect this fruit from pest attack with facilitating the farmers to get quality and better yield.
He said there is no alternative to train the farmers for substantial and sustainable use of modern technologies. Women farmers should be given priority in this regard as they are very much sincere and attentive to the homestead gardening.
Dr Alim Uddin said FRS has developed many updated technologies and has started disseminating those among the growers and seasonal traders for making the harvest and marketing process safe and hygienic.
Cultivation of wheat in Barind area stressed
Speakers urged the farmers to bring more lands under wheat farming in Barind area to lessen the gradually mounting pressure on its underground water table.
They viewed the farmers should show their interest on promotion of less-irrigation consuming cereal crops instead of depending on only Irri-boro farming in the drought-prone area.
They were addressing a daylong farmers training on wheat production and its seed preservation on Wednesday. Regional Wheat Research Station (RWRS) organized the training at Porsha Upazila Parishad hall room in association with the local office of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) and AFACI Seed Extension Project. BMDA Chairman Dr Akram Hossain Chowdhury and RWRS Principal Scientific Officer Dr Ilias Hossain addressed the function as chief and special guests while BMDA Executive Engineer Abdul Maleque in the chair.
Upazila Vice-chairman Abdul Mazid Sarker, BMDA Assistant Engineers Rezaul Islam and Shahidul Islam also spoke on the occasion.
Dr Akram Chowdhury viewed that large-scale promotion of less-water consuming crops could be the effective means of mitigating water-stress condition in the dried area.
He told the farmers that wheat could be cultivated on seven to eight bighas of land with same amount of irrigation-water needed to irrigate one bigha of Boro rice through soil moisture utilisation and the best uses of the modern technologies.
