Staff Reporter, Rangpur :
The amount of agricultural land in Bangladesh, the fertility of the land, the natural resources of groundwater and agricultural labor are gradually declining. It is also a challenge to meet the demand for paddy in the country by increasing the yield of paddy by tackling the effects of climate change. Our goal is to increase yields and ensure food security by inventing and expanding high yielding modern varieties and sustainable technologies using limited resources in paddy production. Moreover safe food production is part of the SDGs.
Pirgajna Upazila Bri regional office in Rangpur on Tuesday noon. Md. Rakibul Hasan was present as the chief guest at the field day and harvesting ceremony presided over by the Director General of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Dr. Md. Shahjahan Kabir. Chief of the Department of Agriculture, Brie, Chief Scientific Officer was present as a special guest.
Md. Shahidul Islam, and Principal Scientific Officer and Dr. Md. Nazmul Bari. Dr. Rezail Islam, Chief Officer of Agriculture Information Service of Rangpur Betar, Md. Obaidur Rahman Mandal, Deputy Director of Rangpur Agricultural Extension Department, Sadequzzaman, Agriculture Officer of Pirgajna Upazila spoke on the occasion.
The Department of Agriculture aims to expand sustainable weed management technology and reduce the cost of paddy cultivation.
A technology exhibition on weed management set up by the Department of Agriculture at Bager Bazar, Pirganj has been organized through the program “Reducing the use of pesticides and herbicides in paddy cultivation for safe food production and assessing the harmful effects”. Brie rice with short lifespan has been used here.
This is 15 days ahead of the local gold. As a result, farmers can easily harvest any rabi like potato, wheat, soybean etc.
Crop cutting shows that Brie Weeder technology (after applying urea twice) has given good yield. Herbicide acetafloor + bensalcuran methyl (Numlecule) and cultivator method (2 times hand picking) have been used. Brie Weeder is a highly effective instrument; It is low cost and environment friendly.
The field day event was attended by 60 farmers, senior scientists, extension workers, representatives of print and electronic media.
