Use of modern technology in mango farming stressed

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RAJSHAHI, Oct 19, 2018 (BSS)- Agricultural scientists and researchers at
a function here have stressed using modern technology in mango farming as it
can help make this juicy fruit farming more profitable and increase its
production.

They said modern mango farming can also contribute to reduction of carbon
emission in Barind area, the country’s one of the most vulnerable areas to
climate change.

The experts came up with the observation while distributing 100 improved
technology-based and high-yielding mango saplings among farmers on Bagha
upazila office premises in the district yesterday.

Regional Fruit Research Station of Bangladesh Agriculture Research
Institute (BARI) organised the programme.

Chaired by upazila agriculture officer Sabina Yeasmin, the meeting was
addressed, among others, by BARI principal scientific officer Dr Alim Uddin
and its scientific officers Atiqur Rahman and Murshed Bari.

Dr Alim said modern technology is being promoted commercially in mango
orchards here to protect mango from pest attack apart from facilitating mango
farmers to get quality and better yield.

Mango is a leading seasonal cash crop of the country’s northwest region.

Alim said there are about 30 lakh mango trees of different ages and
varieties on some 32,816 hectares of land in the region.

If modern technology is prompted substantially and the use of chemical
insecticides and pesticides could be reduced to a greater extent in mango
farming, he said, the modern method will open up a new door of exporting
mango to different countries.

The BARI principal scientific officer said many growers produce quality
and safe mango through the best use of modern technology.

In addition to the government agencies, he said, many non-government
organisations provide training to the mango growers and traders to make them
habituated to producing and marketing of mango in a safe and hygienic way.