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Rangpur region completes 96pc Boro seedling transplantation
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RANGPUR, Feb 26, 2021 (BSS) – Braving the COVID-19 pandemic, farmers have completed transplantation of Boro paddy seedlings on 96 percent of targeted land area in Rangpur agriculture region where the transplantation process still continues.
Officials of Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said farmers have already transplanted Boro rice seedlings on 4.76 lakh hectares of land, 96 percent of the targeted 4.96 lakh hectares, in the region till Thursday.
“We are expecting to achieve the fixed Boro rice farming target as transplantation of seedlings will continue till March 15 next,” Deputy Director of the DAE at its regional office Agriculturist Md. Moniruzzaman told BSS today.
Winter vegetables’ farming target exceeds in Rangpur region
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target for winter vegetables by 2.65 percent in Rangpur agricultural region
where its harvest continues with excellent yield rate now making them happy.
Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said a super
bumper production of winter vegetables is likely in all five districts of
Rangpur agriculture region during the current Rabi season.
“Plenty of all varieties of winter vegetables have appeared in local
markets with lucrative prices for farmers,” Deputy Director of the DAE at its
regional office Agriculturalist Md. Moniruzzaman said.
Braving the coronavirus pandemic, farmers have completed sowing seeds of
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Boro rice cultivation begins in Rangpur region
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RANGPUR, Dec 19, 2020 (BSS) – Farmers of Rangpur agriculture region have begun transplantation of Boro rice seedlings in all five districts to make the farming of crops successful during the current Rabi season.
Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said the government is assisting farmers to make the intensive Boro rice farming programme successful and recoup the huge crop losses incurred during the recent floods.
Meanwhile, farmers have already transplanted Boro rice seedlings on 600 hectares of land as the process will get full momentum by the end of January in the region.
The farmers have already prepared Boro rice seedbeds on 21,890 hectares of land against the fixed target of crops on 22,895 hectares of land across the region.