Step taken to cultivate Robi crops in Narsingdi
Sunday, 19 October 2014
NARSINGDI, Oct 18 (BSS): Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has taken up a massive plan to cultivate different Robi crops in six upazilas of the district during the current season.
DAE office sources said, a total of 73,536 hectares of land would be brought under the cultivation in the district with the production target of 4,52,462 tonnes of different crops.
Of the total, some 54,710 hectares of land would be brought under Boro cultivation with the production target of 2, 21,279 tonnes of rice, 200 hectares of land would be brought under wheat cultivation to produce 600 tonnes, 200 hectares of land would be brought under potato cultivation with the production target of 40,000 tonnes, 1,000 hectares of land would be brought under sweet potato cultivation for producing 16,500 tonnes.