Rain damages vegetables in southwest region
Thursday, 30 October 2008
Our Correspondent
JESSORE, Oct 29: Winter vegetable on a vast area has been damaged due to incessant rain for last few days. The rain inundated low-lying areas in this region.
Babul Akhter of Mangalpaita, Barobazar on the outskirts of the town was expecting to harvest about 16 maunds of brinjal from every bigha of land. But the rain shattered his dream.
Farmers in Jessore said they cultivated vegetables on a large area of land this year. Vegetables are dispatched to several districts from Jessore.
According to divisional office of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), vegetable cultivation target was fixed on 66,000 hectares of land while the target of production was fixed at 990 thousand tonnes for Jessore, Narail, Magura, Jhenidah, Kushtia, Meherpur, Chuadanga, Khulana, Satkhira and Bagerhat districts.
DAE Additional Director Meser Ali told the correspondent that the farmers cultivated 37 varieties of vegetables including brinjal, carrot, cabage, cauliflower, bean and radish.
Vegetables of about 754 hectares of land completely and 1,263 hectares partially have been damaged due to excessive rain.
JESSORE, Oct 29: Winter vegetable on a vast area has been damaged due to incessant rain for last few days. The rain inundated low-lying areas in this region.
Babul Akhter of Mangalpaita, Barobazar on the outskirts of the town was expecting to harvest about 16 maunds of brinjal from every bigha of land. But the rain shattered his dream.
Farmers in Jessore said they cultivated vegetables on a large area of land this year. Vegetables are dispatched to several districts from Jessore.
According to divisional office of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), vegetable cultivation target was fixed on 66,000 hectares of land while the target of production was fixed at 990 thousand tonnes for Jessore, Narail, Magura, Jhenidah, Kushtia, Meherpur, Chuadanga, Khulana, Satkhira and Bagerhat districts.
DAE Additional Director Meser Ali told the correspondent that the farmers cultivated 37 varieties of vegetables including brinjal, carrot, cabage, cauliflower, bean and radish.
Vegetables of about 754 hectares of land completely and 1,263 hectares partially have been damaged due to excessive rain.