Guti urea can increase crop output, improve soil health
Saturday, 5 July 2008
RANGPUR, July 4 (BSS): Agri-experts here today said, the overall agro-productions would be increased, soil health be improved and about 35 per cent urea could be saved if the farmers would properly use Guti urea everywhere in their crop fields.
They also said that usage of Guti urea would reduce use of urea fertiliser to substantially raise crop productions, help improving fertility of soil and maintain ecology, bio-diversity and environment and reduce the risks of pests' attacks in the crop fields.
They made the observations while addressing a daylong workshop titled 'Saving Urea Through Using Guti Urea' organised by the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) at Pirgachha Upazila Parishad auditorium in the district.
Chaired by UNO of Pirgachha Upazila M Shahidul Islam, the workshop was attended by Deputy Director of the DAE, Rangpur Kamal Shariful Alam as the chief guest while Pirgachha Upazila Agriculture Officer KM Nurul Amin was present as the special guest.
The upazila level government officials, sub-assistant agriculture officers from various blocks, UP chairmen and members, Guti urea producers and 80 male and female farmers from all over Pirgachha Upazila took part in the workshop.
The speakers narrated that necessary trainings are being provided to the local entrepreneurs and businessmen for producing granular urea at the grass roots level to meet the demand through locally produced Guti urea.
Besides, the DAE has been conducting motivational works for the farmers on proper usage of Guti urea through adopting the latest agro-technologies in every upazila, block and village, they elaborated.
Over 2,000 sub-assistant agriculture officers, NGO workers, and master trainers have already been provided trainings to save about 35 per cent of urea from the amount being used currently by applying Guti urea to the crop fields.
Usage of Guti urea in a popularised manner by all farmers would definitely increase crop productions to ensure food security saving huge amount of hard-earned foreign currency that is currently being spent annually for importing the fertiliser from abroad, the speakers said.
They also said that usage of Guti urea would reduce use of urea fertiliser to substantially raise crop productions, help improving fertility of soil and maintain ecology, bio-diversity and environment and reduce the risks of pests' attacks in the crop fields.
They made the observations while addressing a daylong workshop titled 'Saving Urea Through Using Guti Urea' organised by the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) at Pirgachha Upazila Parishad auditorium in the district.
Chaired by UNO of Pirgachha Upazila M Shahidul Islam, the workshop was attended by Deputy Director of the DAE, Rangpur Kamal Shariful Alam as the chief guest while Pirgachha Upazila Agriculture Officer KM Nurul Amin was present as the special guest.
The upazila level government officials, sub-assistant agriculture officers from various blocks, UP chairmen and members, Guti urea producers and 80 male and female farmers from all over Pirgachha Upazila took part in the workshop.
The speakers narrated that necessary trainings are being provided to the local entrepreneurs and businessmen for producing granular urea at the grass roots level to meet the demand through locally produced Guti urea.
Besides, the DAE has been conducting motivational works for the farmers on proper usage of Guti urea through adopting the latest agro-technologies in every upazila, block and village, they elaborated.
Over 2,000 sub-assistant agriculture officers, NGO workers, and master trainers have already been provided trainings to save about 35 per cent of urea from the amount being used currently by applying Guti urea to the crop fields.
Usage of Guti urea in a popularised manner by all farmers would definitely increase crop productions to ensure food security saving huge amount of hard-earned foreign currency that is currently being spent annually for importing the fertiliser from abroad, the speakers said.