Boro rice cultivation target exceeds in Rangpur region

The ranchers have surpassed the settled development focus of Boro rice in Rangpur horticulture area this season following different viable and genius agriculturist ventures of the administration. 

With the expanded cultivating land, authorities of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) here are idealistic about guard creation of Boro rice that takes care of half of the demand for staple nourishment grain in the northern area. 

"The astounding developing Boro rice plants have given eye-getting looks to the yield fields under ideal climatic conditions now foreseeing guard generation of the harvest," said Deputy Director of the DAE at its territorial office here Md Moniruzzaman. 

"The agriculturists have at last planted Boro rice seedling in 5.08-lakh hectares of land, 8,686 hectares or 1.74 percent higher than the settled focus of bringing more than 4.99-lakh hectares of land under Boro cultivating, this season in each of the five regions under the locale," he included. 

The agri-researchers and specialists are giving help and viable information, most recent innovations and guidance to the ranchers for making the Boro rice cultivating program effective and accomplishing the creation target. 

Conversing with BSS, Horticulture Specialist of the DAE Khondker Md Mesbahul Islam said the administration has settled an objective of delivering more than 20.70-lakh huge amounts of clean Boro rice from 4.99-lakh hectares of land this season for the district. 

"Under the program, 6.69-lakh tons cross breed Boro rice will be created from 1.40-lakh hectares of land, 13.97-lakh tons high yielding assortment Boro rice from 3.56-lakh hectares and 3,590 tons neighborhood assortment Boro rice from 1,850 hectares of land," he said. 

The ranchers have brought more than 1.81-lakh hectares of land under development of mixture assortment Boro rice, more than 3.24-lakh hectares under high yielding assortment Boro rice cultivating and 2,638 hectares of land under development of neighborhood assortment Boro rice. 

"Progressively that 2.25-lakh water system gadgets, including 2,694 profound tube wells, 2.21-lakh shallow tube wells, 440 low-lift pumps and 952 different pumps have been put into activity for inundating Boro rice fields to make the cultivating program fruitful," Islam said. 

Agriculturist Ariful Haque Batul of town Najirdigar under Sadar upazila here said he is taking escalated care of his brilliant developing Boro rice plants in the fields to get guard generation of the yield this season. 

Territorial Additional Director of DAE Md Shah Alam said steps have been taken to guarantee smooth water system, supply of powers, composts and power to the ranchers to accomplish the Boro rice generation focus on this season. He likewise anticipated a guard generation of Boro rice this season if the climatic conditions stay good amid the following three months in the area.