JAMALPUR, June 25 (BSS): Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a target of T-Aman (Transplanted Aman) cultivation on 1,12,896 hectares with a production target of 0.35 million (3,53,108) tonnes of rice in the district during the current Kharip-2 season.
The DAE office sources said the production target is 3177 tonnes more than the previous year.
Of the total land, 30,410 hectares have been brought under the cultivation in Sadar upazila, 15,300 hectares in Sarishabari, 17,440 hectares in Melandah, 11,366 hectares in Islampur, 9,195 hectares in Dewanganj, 15,920 hectares in Madarganj and 13,265 hectares in Bakshiganj upazila.
The DAE office said of the total target, high yielding variety on 74,146 hectares with a production target of 2,13,540 tonnes of rice, high breed variety on 33,800 hectares with a production target of 130806 tonnes of rice and local variety on 4,950 hectares with a production target of 8762 tonnes of rice.
Farmers have already started preparing T-Aman seedbeds and they prepared seedbeds on 1,040 hectares against the target 5,392 hectares until June 25.
A total of 10,800 small and marginal farmers in all the seven upazilas of the district got incentive for cultivating T-Aman.
Each of the farmers got five kilogram high yielding variety Aman paddy seed, ten kilogram Di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) fertiliser and ten kilogram Muriate of Potash (MOP) fertiliser free of cost for cultivation of one bigha of land.
T-Aman production target fixed at 0.35m tonnes in Jamalpur
FE Team | Published: June 25, 2024 21:39:30
T-Aman production target fixed at 0.35m tonnes in Jamalpur
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