RANGPUR, Apr 30 (BSS): Experts at a workshop have suggested agriculture officials to reach scientific methods for tea cultivation to small-scale farmers for making cultivation of the cash crop more profitable.
"The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) officials can reach services to tea growers at their doorsteps to expand tea farming in the northern region," said Senior Scientific Officer of Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB) and its Project Director of Northern Bangladesh Project Agriculturist Dr. Mohammad Shameem Al Mamun.
Dr. Mamun said this while presiding over the workshop on 'Tea cultivation management adopting scientific method' for agriculture officers and sub-assistant agriculture officers (SAAOs) of DAE at BTB office in Panchagarh on Monday, said a press release on Tuesday.
He also presented the keynote paper in the workshop participated by 16 upazila level agriculture officers and 45 SAAOs from all five upazilas in Panchagarh district.
The BTB organised the event aiming at expanding small-scale tea cultivation under its 'Expansion of Small Holding Tea Cultivation in Northern Bangladesh Project' to reach tea related services to farmers' doorsteps.
Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) of Panchagarh Md. Abdul Mannan attended the workshop as the chief guest.
Deputy Director of DAE for Panchagarh Agriculturist Md. Abu Hanif took part in the workshop as the main discussant.
Dr Mamun discussed history and prospect of farming different tea varieties, management of nursery, soil and fertilisers, scientific methods and technologies of tea cultivation, choosing leaves for plucking, pruning and tipping, management of tea insects, diseases and weeds and practical knowledge on tea cultivation in the workshop.
Agriculturist Hanif termed the land on the Kartoa Valley ecological zone comprising of five sub-Himalayan northern districts of Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, Dinajpur, Nilphamari and Lalmonirhat is highly fertile and climatic condition favourable for tea cultivation.
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