Boro farming progressing fast in Gaibandha

GAIBANDHA, Jan 29 (BSS): Boro farming is progressing fast in all the seven upazilas of the district during the current season amid much enthusiasm.
Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has set a plan to bring a total of 1,24,179 hectares of land under the Boro cultivation this year with the production target of 5,01,039 tonnes of rice.
To bring the land under the cultivation programme, the farmers have prepared seeds beds on 6,200 hectares of low land where the seedlings have grown well.
Though the green seedlings were being affected due to cold wave with dense fog sweeping across the northern region including Gaibandha district, the department took precautionary measures to protect the seedlings from cold injuries through motivating the farmers.
To make the cultivation a 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, said an official of DAE.
Talking to the BSS, deputy director (DD) of DAE here Mir Abdur Razzak said the farmers were advised to transplant the raised seedlings of the boro paddy on their respective land as per the suggestions of the filed level sub assistant agriculture officers.