Conservation technology boosts cereal crop production

RANGPUR, Apr 24 (BSS): Large-scale adoption of Conservation Agriculture (CA)-based technologies could increase cereal crop output at reduced cost to ensure food security under adverse climate, experts at a farmers' field day said.

RDRS Bangladesh organised the occasion in village Chandni Chandpur under Mithapukur Upazila here for exhibiting benefits of CA-based technologies while cultivating cereal crops like wheat, rice and maize on Wednesday afternoon.

The NGO organised the field day for demonstrating the CA-based technologies among farmers to inspire them for mechanisation of agriculture under its Sustainable & Resilient Farming System Intensification (SRFSI) Project to enhance cereal crop production.

The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) has been extending financial assistances and International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) technical cooperation in implementing the project.

Mithapukur Upazila Agriculture Officer Dr Sarwarul Haque attended the occasion as the chief guest with farmer Raja Mian in the chair.

Senior Agriculture Officer of the SRFSI Project Anup Kumar Ghosh, Programme Officer (Field Coordination) of RDRS Bangladesh Merina Ahmed, Sub-assistant Agriculture Officer Nuruzzman Main, Filed Assistants Shahinul Islam and Raju Chandra Das, farmers Abdur Rashid, Abul Hassan, Aiyub Ali and Lipi Begum, addressed.