High yield of vegetables in Joypurhat
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Our Correspondent
JOYPURHAT, Nov 1: Joypurhat farmers are cultivating good winter vegetables this season. The city and village hats are the full of the winter vegetables.
A good variety of vegetables like bottle-gourd, cauliflower, radish, brinjal, country-bean, cabbage, green chilly etc. has been grown in abundance in 5 upazilas of the district.
This year 5 thousands acres of land have been cultivated with winter vegetables while production target is being achieved rapidly, according to the District Agriculture Extension (DAE).
Even after bumper production the price of these vegetables remain high. Farmers are however receiving more benefit out of their crops because of high price of winter production in this season. Middlemen traders are getting more benefit from the market.
Most farmers told FE correspondent they are happy over their produced vegetable items.
Aminur Rahman, a farmer of sadar upazila said, "I have cultivated 1 acre of land with brinjal and getting a fair price of it this year. The production of this item is very good due to the good weather condition this year," he added.
Niamat Ali, a trader of Masua Bazar in main town said, "We sell the vegetable at good price.
After some days this high price will come down when more vegetables will be supplied in the market, it is expected.
Sugarcane price
payment through
digital service
Sugarcane price will be paid through digital system from the coming sugarcane crushing year, said the General Manager of Sugar and Food Corporation, at a workshop organised by jointly the A2I department of Prime Minister office and Sugar and Food Corporation at Joypurhat Sugar mill auditorium Thursday.
Amzad Hossain General Manager, Administration of Sugar and Food Corporation inaugurated and spoke at the workshop as the chief guest. Among others M Mofakkharul Islam, Managing Director of the mill, System Analyst of Prime Minister Office Farhad Zahid spoke in the workshop. DGM Mostafa Kamal of the mill, Abu Taleb Chowdhury, president of Sugarcane Farmer Association, Khorshed Alam, secretary of Employee and Workers Federation were also present in the function.
A video footage was shown to the farmer on Purji distribution and sugar cane cultivation by the modern system. About 500 farmers of the mill area participated in the meeting.
The chief guest assured the sugarcane farmers that they will get benefit from the digital system and that they would be better informed about their sugarcane production, selling rate, cane selling slip and cane sold price.
RAB seizes heroin
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) of Joypurhat camp seized 1.6 gm heroin worth about Tk 16.5 million from Birampur Railway Station Saturday.
Lt.Commander Alamgir Hossain of Joypurhat RAB camp said, Acting on a secret information, a team of RAB searched the Rajshahi-Chilahati bound Titumir Express train and seized those heroin from a carriage. RAB said some smugglers were carrying those contraband drugs by the train but when the elite force reached to the spot, the smuggles managed to flee from the train leaving those heroin.
A case was filed with the local police station in this connection.
JOYPURHAT, Nov 1: Joypurhat farmers are cultivating good winter vegetables this season. The city and village hats are the full of the winter vegetables.
A good variety of vegetables like bottle-gourd, cauliflower, radish, brinjal, country-bean, cabbage, green chilly etc. has been grown in abundance in 5 upazilas of the district.
This year 5 thousands acres of land have been cultivated with winter vegetables while production target is being achieved rapidly, according to the District Agriculture Extension (DAE).
Even after bumper production the price of these vegetables remain high. Farmers are however receiving more benefit out of their crops because of high price of winter production in this season. Middlemen traders are getting more benefit from the market.
Most farmers told FE correspondent they are happy over their produced vegetable items.
Aminur Rahman, a farmer of sadar upazila said, "I have cultivated 1 acre of land with brinjal and getting a fair price of it this year. The production of this item is very good due to the good weather condition this year," he added.
Niamat Ali, a trader of Masua Bazar in main town said, "We sell the vegetable at good price.
After some days this high price will come down when more vegetables will be supplied in the market, it is expected.
Sugarcane price
payment through
digital service
Sugarcane price will be paid through digital system from the coming sugarcane crushing year, said the General Manager of Sugar and Food Corporation, at a workshop organised by jointly the A2I department of Prime Minister office and Sugar and Food Corporation at Joypurhat Sugar mill auditorium Thursday.
Amzad Hossain General Manager, Administration of Sugar and Food Corporation inaugurated and spoke at the workshop as the chief guest. Among others M Mofakkharul Islam, Managing Director of the mill, System Analyst of Prime Minister Office Farhad Zahid spoke in the workshop. DGM Mostafa Kamal of the mill, Abu Taleb Chowdhury, president of Sugarcane Farmer Association, Khorshed Alam, secretary of Employee and Workers Federation were also present in the function.
A video footage was shown to the farmer on Purji distribution and sugar cane cultivation by the modern system. About 500 farmers of the mill area participated in the meeting.
The chief guest assured the sugarcane farmers that they will get benefit from the digital system and that they would be better informed about their sugarcane production, selling rate, cane selling slip and cane sold price.
RAB seizes heroin
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) of Joypurhat camp seized 1.6 gm heroin worth about Tk 16.5 million from Birampur Railway Station Saturday.
Lt.Commander Alamgir Hossain of Joypurhat RAB camp said, Acting on a secret information, a team of RAB searched the Rajshahi-Chilahati bound Titumir Express train and seized those heroin from a carriage. RAB said some smugglers were carrying those contraband drugs by the train but when the elite force reached to the spot, the smuggles managed to flee from the train leaving those heroin.
A case was filed with the local police station in this connection.