Staff Reporter, Rangpur :
Harvesting of short duration varieties of Aman paddy has begun across Rangpur agriculture region, bringing smiles on the faces of the growers.
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Rangpur sources said, short duration Aman paddy was cultivated on around 50,000 hectares of land this year in five districts under the agriculture zone.
According to sources different varieties of short duration Aman varieties including BINA dhan7, BRRI dhan 45, BRRI dhan56, BRRI dhan62 and BRRI dhan33 are grown plentifuly in the region.
Ariful, a farmer of Nabdiganj village under Pirgachha upazila in Rangpur said he has cultivated BINA dhan7 variety on one 2 bighas of land this season and is getting good yield and satisfactory price of his produce. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Rangpur official sources said short duration Aman paddy takes only 90 to 110 days from cultivation to harvest, which is about one month lesser than other varieties of T-Aman paddy.
During the period between the harvest of the paddy and the cultivation of Boro, farmers can grow other crops like potato, mustard, maize and some other early Rabi crops.
The short duration early varieties of paddy are cultivated especially to create job opportunities for the farm labourers during the lean period of Bengali month of Ashwin and Kartik.
Farmers of the region are showing more interest in farming short duration of paddy in recent times, sources added.
