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MANIKGANJ, May 31, 2022 (BSS) - Harvesting of Boro rice is going on full
swing with a positive sign of bumper production in all seven upazilas of the
district and it will be ended soon.

According to Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) sources, cultivators
are now busy to collect their crops from the field and nearly 70 percent of
Boro paddy has, so far, been harvested in the district.

The department set a target to produce 1,79, 216 tonnes of Boro paddy from
46,775 hectares of land in all the seven upazilas of the district during the
current season but the farmers cultivated the paddy on 47,985 hectares of
land and achieved a good production exceeding its target.

Of the fixed target, 43,525 hectares of land was brought under upshi variety
with a production target of 1, 65, 830 tonnes of rice, 2,550 hectares of land
was brought under high bread variety with a production target of 12,266
tonnes of rice and 700 hectares of land was brought under local variety with
a production target of 1,120 tonnes of rice.

Deputy Director of the DAE Abu Mohammad Enayet Ullah said the farmers are
expecting a bumper production due to the favourable weather which was
prevailing all over the district and the rice plant was growing well.

To make the cultivation a grand success, necessary measures had been taken to
supply fertilizers, insecticides and other agro-input to the farmers at fair
prices side by side with ensuring power supply facility by Bangladesh Power
Development Board (BPDB) and Rural Electrification Board, said an official of
the DAE.

Most of the farmers have been using combined harvester machines for
harvesting their Boro paddy due to shortage of labourers all over the
district, the sources added.