SYLHET, Jan 06: Farmers in different areas in all the four districts of Sylhet division have got engaged in Boro paddy cultivation in Sylhet region.
A total of 179,123 hectares of land had so far been brought under cultivation in the division, officials and farmers informed on Sunday.
DAE's Additional Director, also its Sylhet divisional chief Md. Altabur Rahman told this correspondent the weather is good enough, till now, for the crop.
The farmers are passing busy time on their fields, mainly on the lower region like Sunamganj and Habiganj. However, many farmers on other areas would do that after a few days since Aman crop has just been harvested there.
The Boro farming would be increased this season in all the four districts. The official said seedbeds were done on a total of 26,100 hectares against the target of 21,945 hectares.
The cultivated area includes 49,971 hectares of hybrid, 1,25,329 hectares of high yielding varieties and 3,823 hectares of local varieties, the official said.
The DAE had earlier set the farming target on 4,68,557 hectares in the region, including 79,709 hectares in Sylhet, 53,116 hectares in Moulvibazar, 1,18,197 hectares in Habiganj and highest 2,17,535 hectares in the district of Sunamganj.
Well-to-do farmer Farid Mia of village Turukbag under Golapganj upazila in Sylhet said yet we have collected seedlings and readied land for the crop.
However, it would be delayed on many areas, as a good number of the farmers had just completed Aman harvest, the officials said.
Also many farmers informed people in many areas of Sunamganj, Moulvibazar and Habiganj are busy for readying Boro paddy land while some were delaying the job due to late recession of water.
Weeks ago the government through DAE had distributed assistance worth Tk 9223,000 among 9200 selected poor farmers in the division this season. The inputs include seed, fertiliser and other expenses.
However, farmers on many areas are in great worry as they may not be able to cultivate the crop this season due to accumulation of silts on many haors in the Sunamganj and Habiganj districts and shortage of water for lands.
They need water for those lands for the main crop of the winter season. On some areas there is shortage of labourers.
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