Cultivation of winter crops gaining momentum in Nilphamari
Friday, 7 December 2007
Our Correspondent
NILPHAMARI, Dec 06: Cultivation of winter crops is gaining momentum in Nilphamari district and farmers are preparing their land for this purposes. According to the department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) the production target of wheat has been fixed at 17,840 tonnes on 8500 hectares of land while target for maize of production has been fixed at 27,645 tonnes on 4750 hectares of land.
Some 2,95,628 tonnes of potato will be produced on 16740 hectares of land while production target of sweet potato was fixed at 8750 tonnes on 650 hectares of land. About 177 tonnes of pulses will be produced on 179 hectares of land while 5130 tonnes of onion will be produced on 855 hectares of land and 3905 tonnes of garlic will be produced on 710 hectares of land and 6540 tonnes of vegetables will be produced on 5450 hectares of land. Besides, 690 tonnes of mustard seeds will be produced on 69 hectares of land and 231 tonnes of coriander will be produced on 185 hectares of land.
NILPHAMARI, Dec 06: Cultivation of winter crops is gaining momentum in Nilphamari district and farmers are preparing their land for this purposes. According to the department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) the production target of wheat has been fixed at 17,840 tonnes on 8500 hectares of land while target for maize of production has been fixed at 27,645 tonnes on 4750 hectares of land.
Some 2,95,628 tonnes of potato will be produced on 16740 hectares of land while production target of sweet potato was fixed at 8750 tonnes on 650 hectares of land. About 177 tonnes of pulses will be produced on 179 hectares of land while 5130 tonnes of onion will be produced on 855 hectares of land and 3905 tonnes of garlic will be produced on 710 hectares of land and 6540 tonnes of vegetables will be produced on 5450 hectares of land. Besides, 690 tonnes of mustard seeds will be produced on 69 hectares of land and 231 tonnes of coriander will be produced on 185 hectares of land.