Price hike of fertiliser may hit rabi cultivation in N-region
Friday, 7 December 2007
BOGRA, Dec 6 (UNB): The government's decision to raise the prices of chemical fertilisers, except urea, from December 1 may hit the rabi cultivation in the northern region this season like other areas of the country.
Farmers of the region have taken good preparations to cultivate crops in the current rabi season to recoup the losses they had suffered following the recent floods and other natural calamities damaging huge aman other crops on their land.
But all their hopes were shattered when the government ordered the BCIC and Department of Agricultural Extension to raise the price of different types of chemical fertilisers.
The government informed its decision through the monthly allocation letter of fertiliser of Agricultural Ministry, officials said.
In this situation, farmers cannot use fertiliser on their lands due to its high price and are apprehending that they would fail to achieve the target to bring 25.82 lakh hectares into cultivation in 16 northern districts this season fixed by the Agriculture Department.
Official sources said prices of TSP, MOP and DAP have been almost doubled. Price of a sack of 50 kg TSP has been fixed at Tk 1,382.24 against its previous price of Tk 697, a sack MOP at Tk 1,121 against Tk 715 and a sack of DAP at Tk 1,870 against the previous price of Tk 970.
Farmers of the region have taken good preparations to cultivate crops in the current rabi season to recoup the losses they had suffered following the recent floods and other natural calamities damaging huge aman other crops on their land.
But all their hopes were shattered when the government ordered the BCIC and Department of Agricultural Extension to raise the price of different types of chemical fertilisers.
The government informed its decision through the monthly allocation letter of fertiliser of Agricultural Ministry, officials said.
In this situation, farmers cannot use fertiliser on their lands due to its high price and are apprehending that they would fail to achieve the target to bring 25.82 lakh hectares into cultivation in 16 northern districts this season fixed by the Agriculture Department.
Official sources said prices of TSP, MOP and DAP have been almost doubled. Price of a sack of 50 kg TSP has been fixed at Tk 1,382.24 against its previous price of Tk 697, a sack MOP at Tk 1,121 against Tk 715 and a sack of DAP at Tk 1,870 against the previous price of Tk 970.