Crop farming in riverbeds gets momentum in N-region
Monday, 13 December 2010
RANGPUR, Dec 12 (BSS): The landless people, small and marginal farmers have already started farming various Rabi crops in the vast tracts of the dried up beds and chars of the major rivers and tributaries in the northern region.
They have already prepared seedbeds for Boro farming in these lands to harvest the same before commencement of the next rainy season in the beds of the Brahmaputra, Teesta, Dharla, Ghaghot, Jamuna, other rivers and tributaries.
After getting bumper productions in recent years, the people have been bringing more and more such lands in the dried up riverbeds and chars under various Rabi crop farming every year, experts concerned said.
About 55,000 hectares of land such dried up riverbeds and char lands were brought under farming of various Rabi crops including wheat, maize, mustard, pulses, Boro, vegetables and other crops last season in the region, local people sources said.
Local people said that drying up of the rivers with silt depositions has been continuing alarmingly in recent decades due to the adverse impacts of the ongoing global climate changes, lifting of underground waters and other reasons in the nature.
Agri-scientist Dr Mazid told the news agency that the riverbeds are being dried up due to adverse impacts of the climate changes threatening the environment, agriculture, bio-diversity and ecology and the people have been farming crops there.
Head of Agriculture of RDRS Dr MG Neogi told that continuous drying up of the rivers is the severe outcome of the ongoing global climate changes posing threats to every sector in the nature including agriculture and biodiversity.
Taking the opportunity, the locals have been getting good productions by farming maize, Boro, vegetables, groundnut, corn, pulses, mustard, watermelon wheat, tobacco and other crops during the Rabi season, he said.
Horticulturist Mezbahul Islam said that the tender plants of maize, wheat,tobacco, mustard and vegetables are growing excellent at places now giving eye-catching looks in the dried up riverbeds and char lands in the river basins.
The local char people said that the `mighty' Teesta have now almost dried up and the Brahmaputra follows the same with the lower water flows in their channels, giving rise to hundreds of shoals on their beds paving the way for crop cultivation.
"We are farming crops on the dried up riverbeds and chars to produce crops and earn livelihoods in a bid to adapt with the new mode of living and existence side by side with the ongoing huge climate changes," they said.
They have already prepared seedbeds for Boro farming in these lands to harvest the same before commencement of the next rainy season in the beds of the Brahmaputra, Teesta, Dharla, Ghaghot, Jamuna, other rivers and tributaries.
After getting bumper productions in recent years, the people have been bringing more and more such lands in the dried up riverbeds and chars under various Rabi crop farming every year, experts concerned said.
About 55,000 hectares of land such dried up riverbeds and char lands were brought under farming of various Rabi crops including wheat, maize, mustard, pulses, Boro, vegetables and other crops last season in the region, local people sources said.
Local people said that drying up of the rivers with silt depositions has been continuing alarmingly in recent decades due to the adverse impacts of the ongoing global climate changes, lifting of underground waters and other reasons in the nature.
Agri-scientist Dr Mazid told the news agency that the riverbeds are being dried up due to adverse impacts of the climate changes threatening the environment, agriculture, bio-diversity and ecology and the people have been farming crops there.
Head of Agriculture of RDRS Dr MG Neogi told that continuous drying up of the rivers is the severe outcome of the ongoing global climate changes posing threats to every sector in the nature including agriculture and biodiversity.
Taking the opportunity, the locals have been getting good productions by farming maize, Boro, vegetables, groundnut, corn, pulses, mustard, watermelon wheat, tobacco and other crops during the Rabi season, he said.
Horticulturist Mezbahul Islam said that the tender plants of maize, wheat,tobacco, mustard and vegetables are growing excellent at places now giving eye-catching looks in the dried up riverbeds and char lands in the river basins.
The local char people said that the `mighty' Teesta have now almost dried up and the Brahmaputra follows the same with the lower water flows in their channels, giving rise to hundreds of shoals on their beds paving the way for crop cultivation.
"We are farming crops on the dried up riverbeds and chars to produce crops and earn livelihoods in a bid to adapt with the new mode of living and existence side by side with the ongoing huge climate changes," they said.