Sylhet Correspondent :
The government has fixed an all-time record target of producing 8 lakh tonnes winter vegetables from 41 thousad hectares of land in the Sylhet distict during the current 2014-2015 Rabi season,
official sources said.The fixed national target of winter vegetables production for this season is higher by 9.05 lakh tonnes than the fixed target of producing 8 lakh tonnes from 41 thousand hectares land during the last Rabi season.
The departments and organisations concerned have been providing assistance to make the programme successful as the farmers are showing keen interests in farming winter vegetables after getting bumper production and more profit in recent years.
The DAE, Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI), Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) and many NGOs have been providing quality seeds of the winter vegetables, inputs and necessary technical assistance to the farmers.
Meanwhile, the early variety winter vegetables have already appeared in local markets bringing smiles to the farmers with lucrative price, official and market sources said.
Deputy Director of the DAE Sylhet Abu Naser said some winter vegetables have appeared in local markets following early cultivation under newer cropping pattern amid changed climate.According to markets sources, vegetables traders and middlemen have already started exporting the newly harvested early variety winter vegetables to Dhaka and other parts of the country by trucks from different points in the region.
farmers are more interested in cultivating winter vegetables as many of them achieved self-reliance through expanded farming of winter vegetables in recent years he added.
The government has fixed an all-time record target of producing 8 lakh tonnes winter vegetables from 41 thousad hectares of land in the Sylhet distict during the current 2014-2015 Rabi season,
official sources said.The fixed national target of winter vegetables production for this season is higher by 9.05 lakh tonnes than the fixed target of producing 8 lakh tonnes from 41 thousand hectares land during the last Rabi season.
The departments and organisations concerned have been providing assistance to make the programme successful as the farmers are showing keen interests in farming winter vegetables after getting bumper production and more profit in recent years.
The DAE, Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI), Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) and many NGOs have been providing quality seeds of the winter vegetables, inputs and necessary technical assistance to the farmers.
Meanwhile, the early variety winter vegetables have already appeared in local markets bringing smiles to the farmers with lucrative price, official and market sources said.
Deputy Director of the DAE Sylhet Abu Naser said some winter vegetables have appeared in local markets following early cultivation under newer cropping pattern amid changed climate.According to markets sources, vegetables traders and middlemen have already started exporting the newly harvested early variety winter vegetables to Dhaka and other parts of the country by trucks from different points in the region.
farmers are more interested in cultivating winter vegetables as many of them achieved self-reliance through expanded farming of winter vegetables in recent years he added.
