35.3m tonnes of Aman produced in Netrakona

NETRAKONA Mar 17 (BSS): Farmers harvested a bumper Crop of transplanted Aman (T-Aman) here in the last Aman season following favorable climate condition and joint efforts of farmers and the concerned officials.

District Agriculture Extension Department (DAED) office sources said, over 3, 53 lakhs metric tons of Aman were produced on 1, 39,180 hectares of lands in ten upazilas of the district during the last Aman season.

According to the DAED office sources , a target was set up by the government to cultivate the T-Aman on 1,33,559 hectares of land with a plan for producing 31.3 million metric tonnes of T-Aman during the current season.