Cultivation of exportable aromatic rice neglected in Nilphamari
Monday, 22 December 2008
Our Correspondent
NILPHAMARI, Dec 21: Cultivation of exportable aromatic fine rice is being neglected in Nilphamari district as its high yield variety (HYV) seed is not available and Department of Agriculture Extention (DAE) has not taken adequate steps to popularise it.
Farmers are gradually inclining towards cultivation of latest high yield variety paddy in their farmlands in the district.
Meanwhile, DAE has undertaken a target of cultivating Boro in 79,163 hectares of land to produce 319,080 tonnes of paddy.
DAE sources said there is no shortage of fertiliser in the district and the farmers are urgently preparing their land for cultivation of paddy which has already started and gaining momentum day by day.
Sources also said wheat is to be cultivated in 6000 hectares of land and its production target is 15000 tonnes in this season.
NILPHAMARI, Dec 21: Cultivation of exportable aromatic fine rice is being neglected in Nilphamari district as its high yield variety (HYV) seed is not available and Department of Agriculture Extention (DAE) has not taken adequate steps to popularise it.
Farmers are gradually inclining towards cultivation of latest high yield variety paddy in their farmlands in the district.
Meanwhile, DAE has undertaken a target of cultivating Boro in 79,163 hectares of land to produce 319,080 tonnes of paddy.
DAE sources said there is no shortage of fertiliser in the district and the farmers are urgently preparing their land for cultivation of paddy which has already started and gaining momentum day by day.
Sources also said wheat is to be cultivated in 6000 hectares of land and its production target is 15000 tonnes in this season.