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BORO SEEDLING-TRANSPLANTATION (with picture)
Transplantation of Boro rice seedling begins in Rangpur region
RANGPUR, Jan 2, 2019 (BSS) – The farmers have started transplantation of
Boro rice seedling to make the intensive farming programme of the major
cereal crop successful in Rangpur agriculture region during this Rabi season.
Officials of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said the farmers
have already prepared Boro rice seedbeds on 28,106 hectares of land exceeding
the fixed target of preparing the same on 23,183 hectares of land in the
region.
“The farmers have already transplanted Boro rice seedling on 500 hectares
of land as the process will get full momentum by this month end in the
region,” said Horticulture Specialist of the DAE at its regional office here
Khondker Md. Mesbahul Islam.
Meanwhile, transplantation of Boro rice seedling continues in full swing in
the low-lying lands, beels, haors and riverine areas now as harvest of the
crop will complete there before commencement of the next rainy season.
The government has fixed a target of producing over 20.88-lakh tonnes of
clean Boro rice from 4.97-lakh hectares of land for all five districts of
Rangpur, Gaibandha, Kurigram, Nilphamari and Lalmonirhat in Rangpur
agriculture region.
“The farmers will produce 8.16-lakh tonnes of hybrid variety Boro rice from
1.71-lakh hectares of land, 12.68-lakh tonnes of high yielding variety rice
from 3.23-lakh hectares and 3,952 tonnes of local variety Boro rice from
2,037 hectares of land,” Islam added.
Deputy Director of the DAE at its regional office Md Moniruzzaman told BSS
that adequate steps have been taken to ensure smooth supply of seed,
fertilisers, electricity and delivering technologies to make the Boro rice
farming successful this season.
“The farmers are adopting conservation agriculture technologies like
Alternate Drying and Wetting irrigation method at a larger scale while
farming Boro rice to save irrigation water for increasing Boro rice output at
reduced costs,” Moniruzzaman added.
Regional Additional Director of the DAE Md Shah Alam said the farmers are
preparing their lands in full swing to transplant Boro rice seedling in all
five districts of Rangpur agriculture region.
“The DAE and other agriculture-related organisations, Power Development
Board and Rural Electrification Board are ensuring smooth supply of seed,
fertilisers and electricity to the farmers to ensure smooth Boro rice
cultivation this season,” he said.
The farmers would not facing any hurdle as the authorities concerned have
taken adequate steps to assist the farmers in all possible ways as part of
the comprehensive steps taken by the government for cultivating Boro rice
successful this season.
Alam hoped that the farmers would largely adopt conservation agriculture
technologies in farming Boro rice to increase its output reducing lifting of
underground water, saving electricity and improving environment this season
in the region.
Farmers Ariful Haque, Manik, Mian, Echhahaq Ali, Fazlul Haque, Aiyub Ali
and Mofizar Rahman of different villages in Rangpur said their Boro rice
seeding were ready on the seedbeds for transplantation and they would
complete the process by the next two weeks.
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