Boro paddy farming progressing fast in Gaibandha

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GAIBANDHA, Feb 29, 2020 (BSS) – Farming of Boro paddy, a high productivity
crop, has been progressing fast in all seven upazilas in the district since
January during the current season amid much enthusiasm to the farmers.

Office sources said the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has set
a target to bring a total of 1, 30,200 hectares of land under the Boro
cultivation this year with the production target of 5,35,000 tonnes of clean
rice.

Now, the farmers are passing their busy times with transplanting the Boro
seedlings after raising those from the seedbed with the hopes of getting
desired output against the crop, said Mamtajur Rahman, a farmer of Barobaldia
village under Sadar upazila.

To bring the land under Boro cultivation, the farmers have prepared seed
beds on 7,500 hectares of low land where the seedlings have grown well.

To make the cultivation a grand success, necessary measures have been taken
to supply fertilizers, insecticides, electricity and other agri inputs to the
farmers at fair prices side by side ensuring with irrigation facility, said
an official of the DAE.

Bangladesh Barind Development Authority has also made their 460
electricity-run deep tube wells and 45 low lift pumps fully operative to help
the farmers by supplying water at reasonable prices during the current Boro
season, said Executive Engineer Azadul Islam.

Besides, the DAE is conducting training for the farmers in field level so
that they could boost production of the crop, said District Training Officer
of the DAE Showkat Osman.

Apart from this, the commercial and scheduled banks have taken initiatives
to disburse loan to the farmers of the district on easy terms to help them
cultivate the crop without economic troubles, said a bank official.

Talking to the BSS, Deputy Director (DD) here Krishibid Masudur Rahman said
the farmers were advised to transplant the raised seedlings of the Boro paddy
on their respective land as per the suggestions of the field level sub
assistant agriculture officers.

In reply to a question, the DD said around 94 percent transplantation of
seedlings of Boro farming had already been completed in the district and it
would continue till March 15.