BSS, Rajshahi :
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) here has set a target of producing around 9.03-lakh tons of transplanted Aman paddy in the region including its vast Barind tract during the current season.
Additional Director of DAE SM Mustafizur Rahman told BSS yesterday that the rice is expected to be produced from around 3.38-lakh hectares of land in the districts of Rajshahi, Naogaon, Chapainawabgonj and Natore.
The enthusiastic farmers are now very busy transplanting T-Aman seedlings everywhere in the region amid suitable climate condition with frequent rainfall.
Agriculturist Rahman said congenial weather is helping the farmers’ transplant Aman seedlings this season and the fixed target is expected to be achieved.
He said DAE are providing all necessary assistances to farmers adding seedlings transplantation on 2.85 lakh hectares was completed till Sunday last.
Dr Tomal Lota Aditya, director (Research) of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), said BRRI has, so far, developed 41 Aman varietiesincluding 39 inbreeds which are suitable for cultivation in the country.
“We have released seven drought tolerant varieties including one aromatic for the Barind area,” she said, adding that some of those have gained popularity among farmers during the last couple of years. She also mentioned that the conventional Parija and Swarna varieties are being replaced by some of the new varieties. DAE official Rahman said Barind Multipurpose Development Authorities (BMDA) is ready to provide supplementary irrigation if required.
In addition, the farmers are keeping thousands of their shallow tube wellsready for supplementary irrigation if any drought situation occurs during the transplantation and farming period of the major cereal crop in the region, he said.
The farmers have already prepared seedbeds on more than 19,184 hectares of land in the region this time. Jaidur Rahman, a farmer of Karnahar village under Paba Upazila, said he will cultivate aman paddy on around 35 bighas of land and he completed transplantation on around 20 bighas.
They cultivate more than seven high yielding, two hybrid varieties during the Aman season and more or less five of those are very much popular among the farmers, said ATM Rafiqul Islam, Project Director of BMDA.
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) here has set a target of producing around 9.03-lakh tons of transplanted Aman paddy in the region including its vast Barind tract during the current season.
Additional Director of DAE SM Mustafizur Rahman told BSS yesterday that the rice is expected to be produced from around 3.38-lakh hectares of land in the districts of Rajshahi, Naogaon, Chapainawabgonj and Natore.
The enthusiastic farmers are now very busy transplanting T-Aman seedlings everywhere in the region amid suitable climate condition with frequent rainfall.
Agriculturist Rahman said congenial weather is helping the farmers’ transplant Aman seedlings this season and the fixed target is expected to be achieved.
He said DAE are providing all necessary assistances to farmers adding seedlings transplantation on 2.85 lakh hectares was completed till Sunday last.
Dr Tomal Lota Aditya, director (Research) of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), said BRRI has, so far, developed 41 Aman varietiesincluding 39 inbreeds which are suitable for cultivation in the country.
“We have released seven drought tolerant varieties including one aromatic for the Barind area,” she said, adding that some of those have gained popularity among farmers during the last couple of years. She also mentioned that the conventional Parija and Swarna varieties are being replaced by some of the new varieties. DAE official Rahman said Barind Multipurpose Development Authorities (BMDA) is ready to provide supplementary irrigation if required.
In addition, the farmers are keeping thousands of their shallow tube wellsready for supplementary irrigation if any drought situation occurs during the transplantation and farming period of the major cereal crop in the region, he said.
The farmers have already prepared seedbeds on more than 19,184 hectares of land in the region this time. Jaidur Rahman, a farmer of Karnahar village under Paba Upazila, said he will cultivate aman paddy on around 35 bighas of land and he completed transplantation on around 20 bighas.
They cultivate more than seven high yielding, two hybrid varieties during the Aman season and more or less five of those are very much popular among the farmers, said ATM Rafiqul Islam, Project Director of BMDA.
