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BSS-03
VEGETABLES-JAMALPUR
Winter vegetables cultivation in Jamalpur
JAMALPUR, Nov 24, 2018 (BSS)-The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)
has fixed a target of cultivating winter vegetables on 17,010 hectares of
land in the district during the current Robi season.
DAE sources said the department is expecting that farmers of the district
would produce 3,54,659 metric tonnes winter vegetables this year.
The farmers have already cultivated various kinds of winter vegetables on
15, 500 hectares of land till November 23.
Of the total, the farmers cultivated tomato on 1407 hectares, brinjal on
3967 hectares, cucumber on 338 hectares, cabbage on 318 hectares, cauliflower
on 424 hectares, palangshak on 330 hectares, lalshak on 896 hectares, bottle
gourd on 1340 hectares, bitter guard on 316 hectares, bean on 1126 hectares,
radish on 1568 hectares, papaya on 112 hectares, arum on 295 hectares,
laushak on 485 hectares, mulashak on 493 hectares and kalmishak on 113
hectares.
Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) allotted 3062
kilograms of vegetable seeds for distribution among the farmers in the
district during the current season.
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