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BSS-36
BORO-PADDY-HARVEST
Farmers asked to early harvest boro paddy
BOGURA, April 30, 2019 (BSS) – Local office of Department of
Agricultural Extension (DAE) has issued a warning for early harvesting boro
paddy aiming to protect the leading food crop of the country from natural
calamities.
The DAE are disseminating warning messages through using miking in the
Bogura district as natural disasters including thunderstorms, nor’westers may
damage paddy.
A total of 1,88,100 hectares of land have been brought under boro
cultivation in Bogura district in the current season, it (DAE) said adding
the estimated target of boro paddy has been fixed at 7,52,400 tonnes.
Nearly 80 percent of boro paddy have matured in Sariakhandi, Sonatoli,
Dhunat and Nandigram upazila, an official of DAE told BSS. The ripening of
paddy might be affected, if floodwater enters the low-lying areas, he added.
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