Cultivation of short duration aman stressed
Sunday, 16 September 2007
Our Correspondent
GAIBANDHA, Sept 15: A day-long workshop on the cultivation of short duration Aman paddy, BRRI dhan-33 and crops diversification for monga mitigation creating employment opportunities and food security was held in the conference room of Shahapara Union Parishad under sardar upazila in the district have on Sept 12.
Udyog, a local NGO, BRRI- Rawspur and Sahapana union parishad jointly organised it is cooperation with Inter Cooperation (IC) LEAF project, sources said.
Additional director of DAE, Rangpur region, M. Nazim Uddin Ahmed, addressed it as the chief guest. The keynote paper on the subject was presented by principal scientific officer and head of BRRI, regional station, Rangpur, Dr. M. Abdul Mazid.
Dr. Mazid said it the farmers cultivated BRRI-dhan 33 on their mainly high and medium high land, they would be able to harvest it at least a month earlier than the currently cultivated varieties of paddy.
The farmers would be highly benefited economically and their poverty like situation at the month of Aswin and Kartik would also be removed, he also said.
Dr. Mazid further said after harvesting the short duration BRRI-dhan-33, farmers could cultivate wheat, potato, mustard or vegetables on their land without any delay and get early bumper crops.
One month after cultivation of potato, the farmers could also plant maize on the same land through potato relay maize cultivation, he further added.
Presided over M. Mahmubur Rahman Tulu, chairman of the union, it was also addressed among others by deputy director of DAE, Rangpur Nur Mohammad, district training officer of DAE M. Rafiqul Islam, regional coordinator of IC-LEAF project M. Hamidur Rahman and executive director of Udyog M. Zillur Rahman Khandakar.
The speakers stressed the need for cultivation of short duration BRRI dhan-33 and crops diversification to overcome monga and create employment opportunities in five northern districts in the Bangla months of Aswin and Kartik. More than 100 farmer, local elite, public representatives including journalists participated in the workshop.
GAIBANDHA, Sept 15: A day-long workshop on the cultivation of short duration Aman paddy, BRRI dhan-33 and crops diversification for monga mitigation creating employment opportunities and food security was held in the conference room of Shahapara Union Parishad under sardar upazila in the district have on Sept 12.
Udyog, a local NGO, BRRI- Rawspur and Sahapana union parishad jointly organised it is cooperation with Inter Cooperation (IC) LEAF project, sources said.
Additional director of DAE, Rangpur region, M. Nazim Uddin Ahmed, addressed it as the chief guest. The keynote paper on the subject was presented by principal scientific officer and head of BRRI, regional station, Rangpur, Dr. M. Abdul Mazid.
Dr. Mazid said it the farmers cultivated BRRI-dhan 33 on their mainly high and medium high land, they would be able to harvest it at least a month earlier than the currently cultivated varieties of paddy.
The farmers would be highly benefited economically and their poverty like situation at the month of Aswin and Kartik would also be removed, he also said.
Dr. Mazid further said after harvesting the short duration BRRI-dhan-33, farmers could cultivate wheat, potato, mustard or vegetables on their land without any delay and get early bumper crops.
One month after cultivation of potato, the farmers could also plant maize on the same land through potato relay maize cultivation, he further added.
Presided over M. Mahmubur Rahman Tulu, chairman of the union, it was also addressed among others by deputy director of DAE, Rangpur Nur Mohammad, district training officer of DAE M. Rafiqul Islam, regional coordinator of IC-LEAF project M. Hamidur Rahman and executive director of Udyog M. Zillur Rahman Khandakar.
The speakers stressed the need for cultivation of short duration BRRI dhan-33 and crops diversification to overcome monga and create employment opportunities in five northern districts in the Bangla months of Aswin and Kartik. More than 100 farmer, local elite, public representatives including journalists participated in the workshop.