BSS, Rajshahi :
The enthusiastic farmers have started transplanting T-Aman seedlings in full-swing everywhere in eight districts under Rajshahi division amid favourable climate and sufficient rainfall.
Sources in the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said plantation of T-Aman seedling is going on successfully and the fixed target is expected to be achieved within the permissible time.
“The favourable prevailing weather is helping the farmers in transplanting of T-Aman seedlings this season,” said Abdul Hannan, Additional Director of DAE, here on Wednesday.
The frequent moderate to heavy rainfalls have made the farmers busy in transplanting the seedlings everywhere and the concerned government departments including the DAE are providing all necessary assistances to the farmers.
“Though there is adequate rainwater, the Barind Multipurpose Development Authorities (BMDA) is ready to provide supplementary irrigation if required,” the DAE official added.
In addition, the farmers are keeping thousands of their shallow tube wells ready for supplementary irrigation if any drought situation begins 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 lands in the region this time.
They cultivate more than 29 high yielding, two hybrid and nine local and indigenous varieties during the Aman season and more or less 15 of those are very much popular among the farmers, said ATM Rafiqul Islam, Deputy Manager (Agriculture) of BMDA.
He said the farmers hope for a better yield from Aman cultivation, as the cultivation of Aman paddy requires less cost compared to other crops because rain water comes as the bounty of nature.
Farmers Shariful Islam and Nur Muhammad and many others today told BSS that they are not facing any problem in plantation of T-Aman seedlings as they experience sufficient seasonal rainfall.
The enthusiastic farmers have started transplanting T-Aman seedlings in full-swing everywhere in eight districts under Rajshahi division amid favourable climate and sufficient rainfall.
Sources in the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said plantation of T-Aman seedling is going on successfully and the fixed target is expected to be achieved within the permissible time.
“The favourable prevailing weather is helping the farmers in transplanting of T-Aman seedlings this season,” said Abdul Hannan, Additional Director of DAE, here on Wednesday.
The frequent moderate to heavy rainfalls have made the farmers busy in transplanting the seedlings everywhere and the concerned government departments including the DAE are providing all necessary assistances to the farmers.
“Though there is adequate rainwater, the Barind Multipurpose Development Authorities (BMDA) is ready to provide supplementary irrigation if required,” the DAE official added.
In addition, the farmers are keeping thousands of their shallow tube wells ready for supplementary irrigation if any drought situation begins 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 lands in the region this time.
They cultivate more than 29 high yielding, two hybrid and nine local and indigenous varieties during the Aman season and more or less 15 of those are very much popular among the farmers, said ATM Rafiqul Islam, Deputy Manager (Agriculture) of BMDA.
He said the farmers hope for a better yield from Aman cultivation, as the cultivation of Aman paddy requires less cost compared to other crops because rain water comes as the bounty of nature.
Farmers Shariful Islam and Nur Muhammad and many others today told BSS that they are not facing any problem in plantation of T-Aman seedlings as they experience sufficient seasonal rainfall.
