Bumper potato yield likely in Joypurhat
Sunday, 12 January 2014
JOYPURHAT, Jan 11 (BSS): The framers have been expecting bumper production of potato in the district during this current Rabi season, official sources said.
A total of 39,500 hectares of land have been brought under potato cultivation in five upazilas of the district during the season with the production target of 9 lakh tonnes of potato, DAE sources said.
Of the total, 6,850 hectares of land have been brought under the cultivation in Sadar upazila, 7,085 in Panchbibi upazila, 5,065 in Akkelpur upazila, 8,650 in Khetlal upazila and 11,850 in Kalai upazila of the district, sources said.