Sylhet Correspondent :
The farmers in the sylhet region are expecting to start harvesting of Boro paddy within days, the unprecedented weather behavior with early rains and storms for the last few days have put them in worry. If the trend continues for days more, it may cause the crop damage due to rushing of water from the upstream, water logging and early floods, a number of farmers and agriculture officials apprehend.
Boro paddy was cultivated on a total of 466,000 hectares of land with a target to produce 17,83,000 tonnes of rice. Balaganj Upazila Parishad chairman Md. Abdal Mia said Tuesday that the Boro paddy farming is very good as yet. But, the excessive rains for the last few days have triggered apprehension among the farmers whether they would be able to harvest the crop safely. Farmer Abdul Bari of village Turukbag in Golapganj upazila said, “We are about to start harvest in a fortnight, but foul weather this time is causing trouble with early rains coupled with storm.” Some of the croplands are already inundated, he said adding if it continues, the farmers would be hard hit.
Deputy Director of the DAE’s Sylhet divisional office Dr. Mamun Ur Rashid told this correspondent it will take a couple of weeks to start full swing harvest although about 5 per cent crops is already harvested in the haor region, which normally cultivate the early varieties like BRRI-28 variety. In other areas, however, the farmers harvested 1 per cent crop as yet, he said and added, but if the foul weather continues few more days, the crop may suffer. A total of 17,84,200 tonnes of rice are expected to be produced in Sylhet division with 466,000 hectares cultivated this season, official informed. It includes, 282,150 tonnes in Sylhet district, where 79,550 hectares of land are cultivated, 193,620 tonnes in Moulvibazar with 52,336 hectares cultivated, 470,947 tonnes in Habiganj having 113,020 hectares cultivated and highest 837,582 tonnes in Sunamganj, where 220,805 hectares of land were cultivated.
Additional director of DAE, Sylhet division Krishna Chandra Hore said Boro paddy cultivation this year exceeded with 466,000 hectares of land against the previously set target at 456,835 hectares in 4 districts of the division.
The farmers in the sylhet region are expecting to start harvesting of Boro paddy within days, the unprecedented weather behavior with early rains and storms for the last few days have put them in worry. If the trend continues for days more, it may cause the crop damage due to rushing of water from the upstream, water logging and early floods, a number of farmers and agriculture officials apprehend.
Boro paddy was cultivated on a total of 466,000 hectares of land with a target to produce 17,83,000 tonnes of rice. Balaganj Upazila Parishad chairman Md. Abdal Mia said Tuesday that the Boro paddy farming is very good as yet. But, the excessive rains for the last few days have triggered apprehension among the farmers whether they would be able to harvest the crop safely. Farmer Abdul Bari of village Turukbag in Golapganj upazila said, “We are about to start harvest in a fortnight, but foul weather this time is causing trouble with early rains coupled with storm.” Some of the croplands are already inundated, he said adding if it continues, the farmers would be hard hit.
Deputy Director of the DAE’s Sylhet divisional office Dr. Mamun Ur Rashid told this correspondent it will take a couple of weeks to start full swing harvest although about 5 per cent crops is already harvested in the haor region, which normally cultivate the early varieties like BRRI-28 variety. In other areas, however, the farmers harvested 1 per cent crop as yet, he said and added, but if the foul weather continues few more days, the crop may suffer. A total of 17,84,200 tonnes of rice are expected to be produced in Sylhet division with 466,000 hectares cultivated this season, official informed. It includes, 282,150 tonnes in Sylhet district, where 79,550 hectares of land are cultivated, 193,620 tonnes in Moulvibazar with 52,336 hectares cultivated, 470,947 tonnes in Habiganj having 113,020 hectares cultivated and highest 837,582 tonnes in Sunamganj, where 220,805 hectares of land were cultivated.
Additional director of DAE, Sylhet division Krishna Chandra Hore said Boro paddy cultivation this year exceeded with 466,000 hectares of land against the previously set target at 456,835 hectares in 4 districts of the division.
