RAJSHAHI, Nov 14, 2018 (BSS) – Experts and researchers here suggested
that the farmers have to be engaged in sustainable practice of balanced
fertilisation in their farmland to protect soil health from further
degradation.
They viewed that soil nutrients have gradually been declining due to
multifarious reasons including indiscriminate use of fertilization creating a
negative impact on the soil productivity.
They came up with the observation while addressing a function of farmers’
field day and crop-cutting titled “Fertiliser Management in Transplanted Aman
Paddy Farming” at Bijoynagar Primary School under Godagari Upazila in the
district.
Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute and Bangladesh Rice Research
Institute organized the meeting in association with Australian Centre for
International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Bangladesh Agriculture Research
Council and Nutrient Management for Diversified Cropping in Bangladesh
(NUMAN) Project.
More than 50 farmers including 13 females joined the field day meeting
and some of them shared their views on how they are being benefited after the
best uses of the balanced fertilisation method.
The meeting was informed about projection plots of six bigha of
transplanted aman for the first time in the region during the current season.
In average, the six farmers got 25 mounds of yield per bigha which is
impressive to other fellow farmers, said Liakat Ali Khan, President of
Agriculture Protection Service Providers Organization.
Field Manager Rashed Khan Menon said the three and half years NUMAN
project is being implemented at the area aims to increase the profitability
and sustainability of intensive and emerging cropping systems in Bangladesh
through improved nutrient management.
School teacher Rejaul Karim and Sub Assistant Agriculture Officers
Shafiqul Islam, Habibur Rahman and Akbar Ali disseminated their expertise on
the issue.
They told the meeting that disproportionate use of chemical fertilizers
and harmful pesticides for cultivation of high yielding varieties of
different crops and vegetables is mainly blamed for continued decline in soil
nutrients.