NETRAKONA, Sept 7, 2022 (BSS) - Aman cultivators are now passing busy times with rowing Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) rice seedlings on their agricultural lands in the district.
 
The farmers are rendering their field-level service on their farm lands aiming to meet their food demands as well as to ensure food security of the country.
 
Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) Netrakona office sources said a target has been designed here to produce over 3.62 lakhs metric tons of clean Aman rice from 1,32,580 hectares of land in the district during the current Aman season.
 
According to the production target 22,815 metric tonnes of hybrid varieties of the Aman rice will be produced from 5,850 hectares of land, 3,13,158 metric tonnes of high yielding varieties (HYV) Aman rice from 1,09,880 hectares of land and 26,623 metric tonnes of local varieties Aman rice from 16,850 hectares of land.
 
Meanwhile, the farmers have already completed transplantation of Aman seedlings on 1,25,595 hectares of land which is 95 percent of the targeted land.
 
The transplantation of Aman rice seedlings is progressing fast in the district as the district is experiencing widespread rainfall during the last seven days, the DAE officials said.
 
Deputy director of the DAE Mohammad Nuruzzaman told BSS that at the directives of the government, different state-run agencies including BADC and BCIC have ensured proper supply of adequate quantity of improved quality Aman seeds, fertilizers and different irrigation and agricultural equipment among the Aman cultivators.
 
The state-run banks including Bangladesh Krishi Banks have also distributed crop loans to the farmers for helping them to run their Aman cultivation network without financial problems.
 
Apart from these, the government has already distributed 44 tonnes of improved quality Aman seeds , 88 tonnes of DAP fertilizers and 88 metric tonnes of MOP fertilizers as incentives among the 8,800 small and marginal farmers under the government's agriculture incentive and agricultural rehabilitation program, the deputy director added.