Khulna(South) Correspondent :
The Transplanted Aman (T-Aman)paddy harvesting is going on in full-swing as the farmers are expecting bumper output with fair price in the district this season.
Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) officials here today said farmers have already harvested Aman rice from 42,265 hectares of land out of total cultivated 91,880 hectares of land till Monday.
At least 1.29-lakh metric tons of clean T-Aman rice were got from the harvested paddy with a yield rate of 4.3 metric tonnes per hectare of land, they said.
DAE Deputy Director Agriculturist Pankaj Kanti Mojumder said a target of producing 2.40-lakh metric tonnes of clean T-Aman rice was fixed from 92,807 hectares of land this season.
He said, but, the farmers finally cultivated T-Aman paddy on over 91,880 hectares of land, less 927 hectares against the fixed target of farming on over 92,807 hectares of land in nine upazilas and metropolitan areas of the district.
Some 6,650 metric tons of Aman rice on some 2500 hectares of land were destroyed by the severe cyclonic storm bulbul hit on November 9 and 10 in Khulna, he said.
The official said farmers are hopeful of achieving a bumper production of T-Aman rice this season as its harvest continues amid favourable climate conditions with excellent yield rate.
“After completing harvest of the short duration varieties of T-Aman rice, farmers started sowing seeds of early varieties of potato, winter vegetables and other Rabi crops now on the same land,” he added.
The Transplanted Aman (T-Aman)paddy harvesting is going on in full-swing as the farmers are expecting bumper output with fair price in the district this season.
Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) officials here today said farmers have already harvested Aman rice from 42,265 hectares of land out of total cultivated 91,880 hectares of land till Monday.
At least 1.29-lakh metric tons of clean T-Aman rice were got from the harvested paddy with a yield rate of 4.3 metric tonnes per hectare of land, they said.
DAE Deputy Director Agriculturist Pankaj Kanti Mojumder said a target of producing 2.40-lakh metric tonnes of clean T-Aman rice was fixed from 92,807 hectares of land this season.
He said, but, the farmers finally cultivated T-Aman paddy on over 91,880 hectares of land, less 927 hectares against the fixed target of farming on over 92,807 hectares of land in nine upazilas and metropolitan areas of the district.
Some 6,650 metric tons of Aman rice on some 2500 hectares of land were destroyed by the severe cyclonic storm bulbul hit on November 9 and 10 in Khulna, he said.
The official said farmers are hopeful of achieving a bumper production of T-Aman rice this season as its harvest continues amid favourable climate conditions with excellent yield rate.
“After completing harvest of the short duration varieties of T-Aman rice, farmers started sowing seeds of early varieties of potato, winter vegetables and other Rabi crops now on the same land,” he added.
