BSS, Rajshahi :
Agricultural scientists and researchers at a function here have stressed using modern technology in mango farming as it can help make this juicy fruit farming more profitable and increase its production.
They said modern mango farming can also contribute to reduction of carbon emission in Barind area, the country’s one of the most vulnerable areas to climate change.
The experts came up with the observation while distributing 100 improved technology-based and high-yielding mango saplings among farmers on Bagha upazila office premises in the district yesterday. Regional Fruit Research Station of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) organised the programme.
Chaired by upazila agriculture officer Sabina Yeasmin, the meeting was addressed, among others, by BARI principal scientific officer Dr Alim Uddin and its scientific officers Atiqur Rahman and Murshed Bari.
Dr Alim said modern technology is being promoted commercially in mango orchards here to protect mango from pest attack apart from facilitating mango farmers to get quality and better yield.
Mango is a leading seasonal cash crop of the country’s northwest region. Alim said there are about 30 lakh mango trees of different ages and varieties on some 32,816 hectares of land in the region.
If modern technology is prompted substantially and the use of chemical insecticides and pesticides could be reduced to a greater extent in mango farming, he said, the modern method will open up a new door of exporting mango to different countries.
The BARI principal scientific officer said many growers produce quality and safe mango through the best use of modern technology.
In addition to the government agencies, he said, many non-government organisations provide training to the mango growers and traders to make them habituated to producing and marketing of mango in a safe and hygienic way.
Agricultural scientists and researchers at a function here have stressed using modern technology in mango farming as it can help make this juicy fruit farming more profitable and increase its production.
They said modern mango farming can also contribute to reduction of carbon emission in Barind area, the country’s one of the most vulnerable areas to climate change.
The experts came up with the observation while distributing 100 improved technology-based and high-yielding mango saplings among farmers on Bagha upazila office premises in the district yesterday. Regional Fruit Research Station of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) organised the programme.
Chaired by upazila agriculture officer Sabina Yeasmin, the meeting was addressed, among others, by BARI principal scientific officer Dr Alim Uddin and its scientific officers Atiqur Rahman and Murshed Bari.
Dr Alim said modern technology is being promoted commercially in mango orchards here to protect mango from pest attack apart from facilitating mango farmers to get quality and better yield.
Mango is a leading seasonal cash crop of the country’s northwest region. Alim said there are about 30 lakh mango trees of different ages and varieties on some 32,816 hectares of land in the region.
If modern technology is prompted substantially and the use of chemical insecticides and pesticides could be reduced to a greater extent in mango farming, he said, the modern method will open up a new door of exporting mango to different countries.
The BARI principal scientific officer said many growers produce quality and safe mango through the best use of modern technology.
In addition to the government agencies, he said, many non-government organisations provide training to the mango growers and traders to make them habituated to producing and marketing of mango in a safe and hygienic way.
