RAJSHAHI, May 8, 2023 (BSS)- Existing manual-based agriculture will be
transformed into smart and machinery-dependent for boosting production as the
government has been working in this field relentlessly.

The government, under the dynamic and prudent leadership of Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina, has given importance to popularise agricultural machinery
among farmers with a view to increasing crop production.

Agriculture experts and extension officials made the observation while
addressing a farmers' field-day meeting at Dhokrakul village under Puthiya
upazila in the district today.

Regional office of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) organised the
meeting to mark the crop-cutting of an established 110-bigha demonstration
plot of BRRIDHAN-92.

BRRI Director General (DG) Dr Shahjahan Kabir addressed the meeting as the
chief guest with its Principal Scientific Officer Dr Fazlul Islam in the
chair.

Additional Director of Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) Shamsul
Wadud and Deputy Director Mozder Hossain also spoke.

Dr Shahjahan Kabir said the government has launched Khamari mobile App that
contributes a lot towards building smart Bangladesh as it is very much
effective in terms of digitizing the data and findings related to farming.

The App is time-fitting and need-oriented to the farmers and other
beneficiaries. The farmers will get different kinds of information, including
season-wise crops, land fertility, fertilizer recommendation, yield and seed
through the App.
 
Apart from this, they will gather knowledge about crop zoning, crop
diversification, crop production and farming technology.
 
As a whole, the App will bring a new horizon in the field of agriculture in
future.
 
Shamsul Wadud said the present government, under the dynamic and farsighted
leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has attached priority to
agriculture and attained remarkable success in the field of promoting farming
technology and digitization.

The BRRI DG also attended another crop-cutting ceremony of BRRIDHAN-89 on 65-
bigha of land at Darispur village under Boraigram upazila in Natore district.