Target of summer vegetables to be achieved in Narsingdi

NARSINGDI, Aug 10 (BSS): Over 58,000 tonnes of summer vegetables are expected to be produced in the district this year.
According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) and the farmers, better output of vegetables is expected due to prevailing favourable weather.
Deputy Director of the DAE Latafat Hossain told the news agency that the farmers so far produced 55,000 tonnes of vegetables this season in the district.
The target of producing 58,000 tonnes of vegetables would be achieved if favourable climate continues to prevail until the next month, he said.
A total of 7,800 hectares of land were brought under summer vegetables cultivation in six upazilas of the district in the current season.
The DAE provided training on pest management to inspire the farmers for cultivating pesticides-free vegetables using vermin-compost and other organic fertilisers avoiding chemical fertilisers and pesticides in their field.
The DAE also informed the farmers about the bad effects of using pesticides and chemical fertilisers in vegetables fields.
Different kinds of summer vegetables like potato, lady's finger, kakrol, korolla, cucumber, pumkin, borboti, brinjal, patol, jhinga, puishak, datashak, arum, chili and other vegetables grow aplenty in the district.
A number of farmers in different upazilas of the district are producing pesticides-free vegetables using organic fertilisers instead of chemical fertilisers and pesticides and they are getting fair prices.
The DAE sources said a good numbers of poor families in the district achieved economic self-reliance through vegetables farming during the last couple of years.