BSS, Rangpur :
The farmers have exceeded Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) rice production target by 15 percent after completing harvest on 97.81 percent cultivated land area despite damages caused by floods in Rangpur region.
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials said the farmers have already harvested T-Aman rice on 5.80-lakh hectares of land or around 97.81 percent of the total cultivated land area of 5.93-lakh hectares by Monday in the region.
The farmers have so far produced 16.80-lakh tonnes of T-Aman crop in terms of clean rice against the fixed target of producing 14.59-lakh tonnes clean rice this time in all five districts under the region.
“The achieved average yield rate of T-Aman rice stands at 2.89 tonnes of clean rice per hectare now though harvest of rest of the crop on 13,000 hectares of land will complete soon,” Regional Additional Director of DAE here Md Shah Alam said.
Horticulture Specialist of DAE Khondker Md Mesbahul Islam said the farmers have cultivated T-Aman rice on 5.93-lakh hectares of land, higher by 66,797 hectares or 12.68 percent than the fixed target of farming.
“The achieved T-Aman crop yield rates in terms of clean rice so far stand at 3.34 tonnes per hectare for hybrid variety, 2.91 tonnes for high yielding variety and 1.71 tonnes per hectare for the local variety Aman this season in the region,” he added.
Mesbahul said the farmers brought over six-lakh hectares of land under T- Aman farming by August last in the region but the subsequent floods submerged growing plants of the crop on around two-lakh hectares of land.
“However, the farmers re-transplanted Aman seedling on 52,681 hectares of land where the crop was totally damaged, completed gap filling on 99,989 hectares and transplanted on 39,117 hectares of fresh land after recession of floodwater this season,” he said.
Deputy Director of DAE Md Moniruzzaman said the farmers exceeded T-Aman output target as a result of exceeding the farming target even after damages caused by floods and excellent growth of the crop plants amid favourable climatic conditions this season.
Farmers Ariful Haque Batul of Najirdigar village and Aiyub Ali of Kathihara village here said they were happy to sell newly harvested T-Aman paddy at rates between Taka 950 and 1,050 per mound (every 40 kg) in local markets this season.
Harvesting of Aman goes to end in Manikganj: BSS from Manikganj adds: The harvesting of Aman paddy is going to end soon n all seven upazilas of the district which was started at the beginning of the Bengali month of Agrahayan with festivities.
The harvesting of Aman was late this year because of cultivation of aman paddy started in late as the rainy season advent came in delay in the areas, said Abdul Malek, one of the Aman cultivators of Gangdubi village under Ghior upazila of the district.
Alimuzzaman Mia, Deputy Director of Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), told BSS that though the two time floods affected the production of Aman in some areas. But the overall production of the district was satisfactory, he said.
A total of 13,212 hectares of land was brought under Aman cultivation this year in the district which was 9,786 hectares in last year, Alimuzzaman Mia added.
The farmers have exceeded Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) rice production target by 15 percent after completing harvest on 97.81 percent cultivated land area despite damages caused by floods in Rangpur region.
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials said the farmers have already harvested T-Aman rice on 5.80-lakh hectares of land or around 97.81 percent of the total cultivated land area of 5.93-lakh hectares by Monday in the region.
The farmers have so far produced 16.80-lakh tonnes of T-Aman crop in terms of clean rice against the fixed target of producing 14.59-lakh tonnes clean rice this time in all five districts under the region.
“The achieved average yield rate of T-Aman rice stands at 2.89 tonnes of clean rice per hectare now though harvest of rest of the crop on 13,000 hectares of land will complete soon,” Regional Additional Director of DAE here Md Shah Alam said.
Horticulture Specialist of DAE Khondker Md Mesbahul Islam said the farmers have cultivated T-Aman rice on 5.93-lakh hectares of land, higher by 66,797 hectares or 12.68 percent than the fixed target of farming.
“The achieved T-Aman crop yield rates in terms of clean rice so far stand at 3.34 tonnes per hectare for hybrid variety, 2.91 tonnes for high yielding variety and 1.71 tonnes per hectare for the local variety Aman this season in the region,” he added.
Mesbahul said the farmers brought over six-lakh hectares of land under T- Aman farming by August last in the region but the subsequent floods submerged growing plants of the crop on around two-lakh hectares of land.
“However, the farmers re-transplanted Aman seedling on 52,681 hectares of land where the crop was totally damaged, completed gap filling on 99,989 hectares and transplanted on 39,117 hectares of fresh land after recession of floodwater this season,” he said.
Deputy Director of DAE Md Moniruzzaman said the farmers exceeded T-Aman output target as a result of exceeding the farming target even after damages caused by floods and excellent growth of the crop plants amid favourable climatic conditions this season.
Farmers Ariful Haque Batul of Najirdigar village and Aiyub Ali of Kathihara village here said they were happy to sell newly harvested T-Aman paddy at rates between Taka 950 and 1,050 per mound (every 40 kg) in local markets this season.
Harvesting of Aman goes to end in Manikganj: BSS from Manikganj adds: The harvesting of Aman paddy is going to end soon n all seven upazilas of the district which was started at the beginning of the Bengali month of Agrahayan with festivities.
The harvesting of Aman was late this year because of cultivation of aman paddy started in late as the rainy season advent came in delay in the areas, said Abdul Malek, one of the Aman cultivators of Gangdubi village under Ghior upazila of the district.
Alimuzzaman Mia, Deputy Director of Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), told BSS that though the two time floods affected the production of Aman in some areas. But the overall production of the district was satisfactory, he said.
A total of 13,212 hectares of land was brought under Aman cultivation this year in the district which was 9,786 hectares in last year, Alimuzzaman Mia added.
