BSS, Joypurhat :
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken massive programme to cultivate winter vegetables in five upazilas of the district during the current winter season.
The DAE sources said under the programme, a total of 5,530 hectares of land would be brought under the cultivation with the production target of 1,00,100 tonnes of winter vegetables.
DAE office sources said the district is a suitable place for producing huge vegetables including cabbage, cauliflower, tomato, bean, radish, carrot, cucumber, brinjal and others during the winter season.
Many farmers of the district have started showing their keen interest to bring their more lands under vegetable farming as they could easily get better yielding rate of the vegetables by reducing their production costs side by side with earning much profit, the sources said.
Deputy Director of DAE A Z M Sabbir Ebne Zahan said the DAE field workers have started rendering their field-level service to let the vegetable cultivators know about the modern methods of cultivation for achieving best yielding rate through lower production costs.
