BSS, Joypurhat :
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken up a massive programme to cultivate T-Aman paddy in all five upazilas of the district during the current season.
The DAE sources said, under the programme, a total of 67,485 hectares of land have been brought under T-Aman cultivation with the production target of 1,77,643 tonnes of rice. Of the total, 61,956 hectares of land would be brought under high yielding variety and 5,529 hectares under local variety of the paddy.
The farmers have already setup seedbeds on over 3,500 hectares of land by spreading improved quality of T-Aman seeds, the sources said.
The crop specialists and field level officials of the DAE have started to provide necessary services to the farmers to increase food production following directives of the government.
The Deputy Director of the DAE AZM Sabbir Ibne Zahan told BSS that different NGO and state run commercial banks including Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) have already distributed agricultural loan among the farmers.
