NETRAKONA, Sept 27, 2020 (BSS) – Farmers have been passing very busy times with cultivating Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) paddy in all the ten upazilas of the district during the current season.
Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) officials here said a target was fixed to produce 3.53 lakhs metric tons of T-Aman rice by cultivating T-Aman paddy on 1, 34,625 hectors of land in the district this season.
The farmers have already cultivated the variety of paddy on 1, 33,275 hectors of land in the district, they said.
The cultivators are also engaged to activities to fulfill the cultivation target of T- Aman paddy.
Deputy Director of the DAE, Netrakona, Habibur Rahman told BSS that following instructions of the government, different state-run organizations including BADC and BCIC have supplied improved quality Aman seeds and fertilizers to the doorsteps of the farmers.
Besides, different commercial banks including Bangladesh Krishi Bank and Sonali Bank have disbursed easy term loans among peasants to make T-Aman cultivation successful.
“If the weather condition remains favorable, the farmers will be able to cultivate T-Aman paddy on the targeted land, even on more land exceeding the cultivation target,” Rahman said.