JAMALPUR, Aug 6, 2019 (BSS)- Agriculture Department has set up 70 community based Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) seed bed in the district to offset the losses of seed by the recent flood.
According to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation supplied 21 tonnes of T-Aman seeds for setting up the seed bed in farmer’s level.
The office said farmers prepared T-Aman seed bed on 12 acres on land in Jamalpur Sadar Upazila, 20 acres in Sarishabari, 10 acres in Melandaha,10 acres in Bakshiganj, 7 acres in Madarganj, 6 acres in Islampur and 5 acres in
Dewanganj Upazila.
The office said 300-kilogram seed were given among the community based farmers free of cost for setting up one acres of seed bed.
Beside the farmers were also given other costs like tillage, sowing of seed and plucking seedling.
Additional Deputy Director, DAE, Md. Nuruzzaman said small and marginal
farmers who lost their seed by the recent flood will get T-Aman seedlings
free of cost from the community based seed bed.