Thrust on promoting mechanised agriculture to boost production

RAJSHAHI, Mar 12 (BSS): Speakers at a discussion here called for promoting mechanised agriculture to boost crop production for meeting the gradual demand in the wake of increasing population.

They observed that cropping intensity can be increased to 250 per cent even 400 per cent from the existing 200 per cent through reducing the existing time gap between the two crops after the best uses of modern technologies of agriculture.

To this end, they urged all the officials and others concerned including the scientists and farmers to put their level best efforts and work together as the present government is very much positive towards the field.

The observation came at the district level agriculture technology extension coordination committee meeting in the city on Sunday. Deputy director's office of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) organised the meeting at its conference hall.

Officials concerned from the DAE, the Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA), the Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI), Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), the Soil Resource Development Institution (SRDI) and the Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) attended the function.

Chairman of BMDA Dr Akram Hossain Chowdhury addressed the meeting as the chief guest with Deputy Director of DAE Deb Dulal Dhali in the chair.

Regional Director of Seed Certification Agency Sirajul Islam, Deputy Manager (Agriculture) of BMDA Rafiqul Islam, Principal Scientific Officers of BARI Dr Alim Uddin and Dr Ilias Hossain and Senior Scientific Officer Dr Shakhawat Hossain also spoke.

Speakers said bringing agriculture under mechanisation is of essence for boosting production.

They said the present government has attained remarkable success in agriculture sector and urged the officials concerned to put their collective efforts to uphold the government success in this sector in the days to come.