Food shortage turns acute in Khulna
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Our Correspondent
KHULNA, May 23: The scarcity of food has turned acute in coastal district Khulna. 76,037 metric tonnes of rice was short in Khulna during the 2005- 2006 financial year while the shortage stood at 1, 30,754 metric tonnes in 2009-2010 fiscal year. Agriculture Extension Department (AED) has identified some reasons behind the food shortage in this region. Of them are natural disaster, reduced cultivable land, shrimp cultivation and population increase etc. Agriculture Extension Department (AED) source said that the population in Khulna district was 24, 44,000,496 in 2005- 2006 financial year. The demand of food was 4, 84,838 metric tonnes of rice while production was 4, 08,801 metric tonnes and the Shortage was 76,367 metric tonnes. In 2006-2007 financial year the food shortage stood at 79,386 metric tonnes. The food shortage was at 1,23,983 metric tonnes in 2007-2008 due to Aman crop severely affected by SIDR.
KHULNA, May 23: The scarcity of food has turned acute in coastal district Khulna. 76,037 metric tonnes of rice was short in Khulna during the 2005- 2006 financial year while the shortage stood at 1, 30,754 metric tonnes in 2009-2010 fiscal year. Agriculture Extension Department (AED) has identified some reasons behind the food shortage in this region. Of them are natural disaster, reduced cultivable land, shrimp cultivation and population increase etc. Agriculture Extension Department (AED) source said that the population in Khulna district was 24, 44,000,496 in 2005- 2006 financial year. The demand of food was 4, 84,838 metric tonnes of rice while production was 4, 08,801 metric tonnes and the Shortage was 76,367 metric tonnes. In 2006-2007 financial year the food shortage stood at 79,386 metric tonnes. The food shortage was at 1,23,983 metric tonnes in 2007-2008 due to Aman crop severely affected by SIDR.