Boro seedlings transplantation gets momentum in Rajshahi division

RAJSHAHI, Feb 24 (BSS): Seedling transplantation of Irri-Boro paddy is going on in full swing as the farmers put in their level best to complete the process in due time.

Farmers in all eight districts under Rajshahi division including the vast Barind tract are passing their busy days in the fields.

The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has set a target of producing around 3.31 million tonnes of Boro rice from 0.81 million hectares of land under the division this season.

They prepared seedbeds on 48,138 hectares of land.

"We are very much hopeful about exceeding the target of seedling transplantation like the seedbed," expects SM Mustafizur Rahman, Additional Director of DAE, while talking to the news agency on Sunday.

The marginal farmers were provided necessary fertilisers like Di-ammonium Phosphate (DAP) and Murat of Potash (MoP) as incentives to facilitate smooth Boro paddy farming.

Agriculturist Rahman said steps have been taken to ensure smooth Boro rice cultivation this season. The farming is going on in full swing across the region as they are optimistic of harvesting the crop early, he added.

"I have already cultivated Boro on eight bighas of land this season", said Lokman Hossain, a farmer in Mohadebpur upazila, adding, "I will bring some more lands under the farming within a very short time."

The DAE has distributed some 20-kg seeds of Boro rice, 20-kg DAP and 10-kg MoP fertilisers free of cost to each farmer.