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MEETING-AGRICULTURISTS
Agriculturists urged to increase food production
RANGPUR, Sept 16, 2018 (BSS) – The field level agriculturists, who are
working in different agriculture-related organisations, should face growing
challenges in agriculture sector to keep crop production increasing for
ensuring food security.
Additional Secretary (Extension) of the Ministry of Agriculture Sanat Kumar
Saha said this at a regional level views-sharing meeting with agriculture
officers held at the DAE’s Additional Director’s office here on Saturday
afternoon as the chief guest.
Earlier, Saha visited the ongoing agricultural activities at field levels
in different areas of Rangpur and Kurigram districts, exchanged views with
farmers and inspected various agri-activities.
Director General of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute Dr Md Shahjahan
Kabir, director of Field Service Wing of the DAE Dr Md Abdul Muyeed, its
Regional Additional Director Md Shah Alam and deputy director of Rangpur DAE
Dr Sarwarul Alam accompanied Saha during his visit.
In the afternoon, regional additional director of the DAE Md Shah Alam
presided over the meeting at his office in Rangpur.
The district and upazila level officials of the DAE and other agriculture
related departments and organisations under the Ministry of Agriculture of
Rangpur agriculture region attended the event.
The participating agriculture officials, scientists and researchers
apprised the chief guest of the ongoing agricultural activities, condition of
growing crops and problems being faced by them and sought necessary
directions for resolving those.
The chief guest delivered necessary directions and suggestions to the field
level agriculture officials for resolving the problems, issues and challenges
being faced by them to make agricultural activities successful in the region.
He called upon the agriculturists to reach the new agriculture technologies
and crop varieties evolved by different agricultural research institutions
and organisations to the farmers for increasing food output.
He said the farmers exceeded the fixed Aus rice farming target in Rangpur
region and also achieved a bumper output this time following adoption of
latest technologies and distribution of incentives by the present government.
He expressed satisfaction over adoption of perching methods in transplanted
Aman rice fields to reduce occurrence of pestilence and pest attacks and
asked for further expanding its adoption.
He suggested field level agriculturists to monitor production and
distribution of quality seed, fertiliser distribution, production of vermin-
composts, agronomic managements, popularising underground canal for
irrigation to save 30 percent costs to increase crop output.
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