Mustard cultivation on increase in Naogaon

NAOGAON, Dec 4 (BSS): The cultivation of mustard is increasing in the district every year as farmers are earning good profit from the crops, said farmers and Department of Agricultural Extensions (DAE) in Naogaon.
DAE sources said a total of 34,872 hectares of land have brought under the mustard cultivation in 11 upazilas of the district this year with the production target of 40,135 tonnes of mustard.
Mustard growers said they are getting a substantial profit from mustard farming every year. Mustard can be cultivated easily on the same land after harvesting Aman and IRRI boro paddy. In this way, farmers are benefited and many of them are eager to cultivate mustard in their lands, the sources said.
Most of the farmers have cultivated BARI-14 variety of mustard on their land. Besides, they also cultivated Bari-15, Tory-7 and BINA-4 variety of mustard.
DAE sources said upazila-wise break-up of land brought under mustard cultivation is as follows: 2,500 hectares in Sadar upazila, 1,522 in Raninagar, 3,450 in Atrai, 1,450 in Badalgachhi, 2,800 in Mahadevpur, 4,800 in Patnitala, 3,250 in Dhamurhat, 2,700 in Sapahar, 2,800 in Porsha, 6550 in Manda and 3,500 hectares in Niamatpur upazila.
Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) provided mustard seeds and fertilizer among the farmers at fair prices. All necessary steps have been taken to boost mustard production in the district, the sources said.