BSS, Rangpur :
The government has fixed a record target of producing over 1.89 crore tonnes of clean Boro rice from 4.78 lakh hectares of land in the country during the current winter season, official sources said.
The government through the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) and concerned organisations has taken steps to provide assistance to the farmers in making the fixed Boro cultivation programme successful.
Under the programme, 31.62 lakh tonnes of hybrid variety Boro rice will be produced from 6.70 lakh hectares land, 157.12 lakh tonnes high yielding variety Boro rice from 40.60 lakh hectares land and 10,300 tonnes of local variety Boro rice from 5,000 hectares land this season.
According to the DAE sources, a target of producing over 63.69 lakh tonnes of Boro rice, 33.56 percent of the fixed national production target, has been set for the northern region, commonly known as the country’s food granary, under the programme.
The farmers will bring over 15.99 lakh hectares land under Boro cultivation in the northern region to attain the fixed farming target and they have already started preparing seedbeds of early varieties of Boro rice.
The government has directed the DAE, Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute and other organisations to provide assistance and technologies to the farmers for maximum Boro rice production this season.
Of them, over 10.68 tonnes hybrid Boro rice will be produced from more than 2.26 lakh hectares land, 52.86 lakh tonnes high yielding variety rice from over 13.65 hectares and 21,813 tonnes local variety rice from 10,589 hectares land in the northern region.
Horticulture Specialist of the DAE Khondker M Mesbahul Islam said comprehensive and well- coordinated steps have been taken for delivering latest technologies to the farmers for enhancing Boro rice production at lower costs.
Deputy Director of the DAE for Rangpur Zulfiquer Haider said the farmers will largely adopt the latest technologies in farming the major cereal crop during the current Boro season to reduce lifting of underground water and save electricity.
The government has fixed a record target of producing over 1.89 crore tonnes of clean Boro rice from 4.78 lakh hectares of land in the country during the current winter season, official sources said.
The government through the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) and concerned organisations has taken steps to provide assistance to the farmers in making the fixed Boro cultivation programme successful.
Under the programme, 31.62 lakh tonnes of hybrid variety Boro rice will be produced from 6.70 lakh hectares land, 157.12 lakh tonnes high yielding variety Boro rice from 40.60 lakh hectares land and 10,300 tonnes of local variety Boro rice from 5,000 hectares land this season.
According to the DAE sources, a target of producing over 63.69 lakh tonnes of Boro rice, 33.56 percent of the fixed national production target, has been set for the northern region, commonly known as the country’s food granary, under the programme.
The farmers will bring over 15.99 lakh hectares land under Boro cultivation in the northern region to attain the fixed farming target and they have already started preparing seedbeds of early varieties of Boro rice.
The government has directed the DAE, Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute and other organisations to provide assistance and technologies to the farmers for maximum Boro rice production this season.
Of them, over 10.68 tonnes hybrid Boro rice will be produced from more than 2.26 lakh hectares land, 52.86 lakh tonnes high yielding variety rice from over 13.65 hectares and 21,813 tonnes local variety rice from 10,589 hectares land in the northern region.
Horticulture Specialist of the DAE Khondker M Mesbahul Islam said comprehensive and well- coordinated steps have been taken for delivering latest technologies to the farmers for enhancing Boro rice production at lower costs.
Deputy Director of the DAE for Rangpur Zulfiquer Haider said the farmers will largely adopt the latest technologies in farming the major cereal crop during the current Boro season to reduce lifting of underground water and save electricity.
