GAIBANDHA, Dec 21, 2019 (BSS) – Agri experts at a function here have urged
the farmers to expand farming of high yielding variety of mustard at larger
scale to get desired output to supplement government initiatives to build the
country as “sonar Bangla”.
They came up with the request at a field day on mustard farming
demonstration at Farazipara under Kholahati union of Sadar upazila in the
district on Friday.
Sadar upazila agriculture office arranged the function under Rangpur
Division Agriculture and Rural Development project funded by government.
Director General (DG) of Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)
Krishib Dr M Abdul Muyeed addressed the function as the chief guest while
Additional Director (AD) of DAE, Rangpur region Krishibid Mohammad Ali also
spoke as the special guest.
Deputy Director of DAE here Krishibid Masudur Rahman presided over the
event.
Speakers said the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina achieved
food security for providing the latest agri-technologies innovated by the
agri-scientists with ensuring adequate supply of fertilizers, pesticides and
other agri-inputs to the farmers.
They urged the farmers to turn their one crop land into two crops one, and
two crops land into three crops one to build a poverty and hunger free
enriched Bangladesh and achieve the sustainable development goals by 2030.
Here, a total of 7200 hectares of land were brought under the mustard
farming during this season with the production target of 11,520 tons of
mustard, they informed.
A large number of farmers and agri officials including journalists
attended the function.