GAIBANDHA, July 9, 2018 (BSS) – Speakers at a function here urged the
farmers to farm high quality sugarcane on their lands of mill zone areas to
get its bumper production in a bid to earn economical profit.
“An emphasis should be given to familiarize the farmers with the modern
and the latest technologies for farming sugarcane to get desired output
against the crop aimed at running the mill smoothly”, they said.
They made the comments while addressing an assembly of sugarcane farmers
organized by Rangpur Sugar Mills Limited (RSML) located at Mohimaganj under
Gobindaganj upazila in the district on Sunday marking the farm day-2018.
Chairman of Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) AKM
Delwar Hossain addressed the function as the chief guest and director
(Sugarcane Development and Research), BSFIC Krishibid Mosarrof Hossain and
managing director of Joypurhat Sugar Mills Limited Mostafa Kamal were present
as the special guests.
With MD of RSML Anwar Hossain Akanda in the chair, the function was also
addressed, among others, by general manager (Finance) of RSML Nazmul Huda,
president of Rangpur Sugar Mills Sramik-Karmachari Union SM Jalal Uddin,
sugarcane farmers’ leader Jinnat Ali Prodhan and sugarcane farmers Abdur
Rashid Dhalu and Babita Begum.
Agri-expert Krishibid Mosarrof Hossain briefed the farmers about the
latest technologies of sugarcane farming in the days ahead elaborately to
attain the cherished goals of the mill.
Chairman of BSFIC AKM Delwar Hossain advised the farmers to produce
quality sugarcane to make the RSML, only heavy industry here, more functional
considering the interest of the district.
The chairman also urged the farmers to utilize the unused land and ponds
of RSML through farming vegetables, fruits and fishes to meet the demand of
nutrition side by side with earning money.