GAIBANDHA, Apr 10 (BSS): A field-day on maize harvesting was held at Char Khatiamari under Fazlupur union of Fulchhari upazila in the district on Monday amid participation of farmers and officials.
Fulchhari Upazila Agriculture Office arranged the function to motivate the farmers to cultivate the high quality maize on their char lands.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Gautam Chandra Pal attended the function as the chief guest and deputy director of Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) AKM Ruhul Amin and district coordinator of Friendship Abdus Salam were present at the event as the special guests.
With Upazila Agriculture Officer M. Aasduzzaman in the chair, the function was also addressed, among others, by sub assistant plant protection officer Matlubur Rahman and sub-assistant agriculture officer Mizanur Rahman.
The speakers underscored the need for farming high quality maize on the char lands and nurture it properly to get good production.
Earlier, DC Gautam Chandra Pal along with agri-officials visited the maize crop fields on char lands, talked to the farmers about the production and the marketing of the crop and witnessed its harvesting process.
Talking to the news agency, DD of DAE AKM Ruhul Amin said 4300 hectares of land of Fulchhari upazila were brought under maize farming during the current season.
4,300 hectares of land under maize cultivation in Fulchhari
FE Team | Published: April 10, 2018 21:18:08
4,300 hectares of land under maize cultivation in Fulchhari
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