MANIKGANJ, Feb 17, 2021 (BSS) – The sunflower cultivation has exceeded its
target fixed by the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) in the
district this season as its cultivation has been gaining popularity among the
farmers.
Department of Agriculture Extension sources said the farmers have been
showing their keen interest to cultivate Sunflower in their fellow lands
especially in the char areas of the Padma and the Jamuna as they can earn
more profits.
A total of 76 hectares of land have already been brought under the
cultivation in the district this year. But DAE earlier set a target of
cultivating Sunflower on 20 hectares of land in the district during this
season.
Deputy Director of DAE Md. Shahjahan Ali Biswas told BSS, the DAE
distributed 7000 kilograms of improved quality seeds of Sunflower as
incentives among 7000 small and marginal farmers of the district.
The crops specialists and field-workers of DAE continued rendering their
field-level service to let the cultivators know about the modern cultivation
methods to cultivate Sunflower crops through using latest technologies by
reducing production costs.
The sources said all of the farmers could not cultivate the seeds timely
as the late flood disrupted the cultivation.
Harvesting of Sunflower oil seeds will be started from the middle of
March. The deputy director also said if the weather condition remains
favorable, the cultivators are expecting a good production in the district
this year.