GAIBANDHA, Feb 9 (BSS): Transplantation of Boro seedlings has been progressing fast in all the seven upazilas in the district during the current Boro season amid much enthusiasm to the farmers to get desired yield.
Office sources said the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has set a plan to bring 1,25,325 hectares of land under the cultivation this year with the production target of 5,04,425 tonnes of rice.
Of the total, some 19,630 hectares of land would be brought under the cultivation programme in Sadar Upazila, 14,925 in Sadullapur Upazila, 12,775 in Palashbari Upazila, 30,550 in Gobindaganj Upazila, 24,100 in Sundarganj Upazila, 15,050 in Shaghata Upazila and 8,295 in Fhulchhari Upazila.
Now, the farmers of the district have become so much busy to prepare their land and to transplant the Boro seedlings raised from the seedbed with the hopes of getting desired output this year like the previous one, said Mamtaz Uddin Bepari, a farmer of Samash area under Sundarganj Upazila.
To bring the land under cultivation programme, the farmers prepared seed beds on 5,822 hectares of low land where the seedlings have grown well due to favorable climatic condition, said Golam Mostafa, crops production specialist of DAE.
To make the cultivation a grand success, necessary measures had been taken to supply fertilizers, insecticides, electricity and other agri-inputs to the farmers at fair prices side by side ensuring with irrigation facility, he also said.
Besides, the commercial banks including Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank have taken initiatives to disburse loan to the farmers here on easy terms to help them cultivate the crop without economical troubles, said a bank official.
Deputy Director of DAE Mir Abdur Razzak said about 80 Per cent farming of Boro paddy had already been completed in the district till February 8 and it would continue till March 15.
