Boro cultivation begins across country
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Yasir Wardad
The cultivation of Boro crop has begun across the country with a target to harvest 18.7 million tonnes of rice, officials said.
Following three consecutive bumper productions -- 17.8 million tonnes in 2009, 18.3 million tonnes in 2010 and 18.65 million tonnes in 2011 -- the country is eyeing to produce 18.7 million tonnes of rice in the Boro season of fiscal year 2011-12 (FY12).
"Preparation of seed-beds is going on in full swing while many of the farmers have already sowed plants after the harvest of Aman crop", high officials of the DAE said.
"This year, we have earmarked a target to grow more rice than the last season by achieving an acreage of 4.78 million hectares," director, field service wing, DAE Dr Golam Ambia told the FE.
He said, "This year, we have targeted 0.045 million hectares for cultivation of the indigenous variety, 0.66 million hectares for hybrid and the rest for local high yielding varieties (HYVs)."
He said that the target for cultivating 0.045 million hectares for indigenous variety has already been achieved as its plantation has been completed.
"Farmers have made 0.244 million hectares of seed-beds against the demand for 0.22 million hectares".
When asked Hasanul Haque Panna, director general of DAE, said "Some Boro seed-beds across the country suffered cold injuries during the week-long cold wave at the beginning of December but most of the farmers have managed to protect the seedlings."
"We have issued three circulars during the cold wave concerning the cold injury of seedlings that helped guide the farmers, and, in most cases, they have recovered well", said Panna, also former director of plant protection wing of the same office.
The cultivation of Boro crop has begun across the country with a target to harvest 18.7 million tonnes of rice, officials said.
Following three consecutive bumper productions -- 17.8 million tonnes in 2009, 18.3 million tonnes in 2010 and 18.65 million tonnes in 2011 -- the country is eyeing to produce 18.7 million tonnes of rice in the Boro season of fiscal year 2011-12 (FY12).
"Preparation of seed-beds is going on in full swing while many of the farmers have already sowed plants after the harvest of Aman crop", high officials of the DAE said.
"This year, we have earmarked a target to grow more rice than the last season by achieving an acreage of 4.78 million hectares," director, field service wing, DAE Dr Golam Ambia told the FE.
He said, "This year, we have targeted 0.045 million hectares for cultivation of the indigenous variety, 0.66 million hectares for hybrid and the rest for local high yielding varieties (HYVs)."
He said that the target for cultivating 0.045 million hectares for indigenous variety has already been achieved as its plantation has been completed.
"Farmers have made 0.244 million hectares of seed-beds against the demand for 0.22 million hectares".
When asked Hasanul Haque Panna, director general of DAE, said "Some Boro seed-beds across the country suffered cold injuries during the week-long cold wave at the beginning of December but most of the farmers have managed to protect the seedlings."
"We have issued three circulars during the cold wave concerning the cold injury of seedlings that helped guide the farmers, and, in most cases, they have recovered well", said Panna, also former director of plant protection wing of the same office.