Acidic soil management for boosting crop yield stressed

RAJSHAHI, Aug 31 (BSS): Acidic soil management as per the land and soil resources application direction can be the crucial means of boosting crop yield through protecting soil health in the region, particularly the vast Barind tract.

Soil management with liming and organic matter has become the demand of time for boosting crop yield by 25 per cent on an average in the high Barind area because most of its lands have turned into acidic at present hampering crop production badly.

As a whole, acid soils are a major agricultural constraint for crop production due to its detrimental effect to soil fertility and productivity.

Soil health experts and scientists made the observation while addressing the inaugural session of a two-day training workshop for sub-assistant agriculture officers here on Saturday.

Rajshahi divisional office of Soil Resource Devel-opment Institution (SRDI) organised the training at the office conference hall of Additional Director of Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE).

Prof Zahir Uddin from the Faculty of Agriculture in Bangladesh Agricultural University, SRDI Chief Scientific Officer Manjurul Haque, DAE Additional Director Mahmudul Faruque and SRDI Director Dr Begum Samia Sultana addressed the session as resource persons disseminating their expertise on the issue.

Organic matter creates a positive soil environment from which plants can uptake nutrients from applied chemical fertilisers.