Boro rice cultivation gets momentum in Rangpur region
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RANGPUR, Jan 26, 2020 (BSS) – Cultivation of Boro rice has got full momentum now as farmers are continuing transplantation of its seedlings braving cold weather and the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Rangpur agriculture region.
Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said the government is assisting farmers to make the intensive Boro rice farming programme successful and help them in recouping the huge crop losses they incurred during recent floods.
The DAE has fixed a target of producing 21.54 lakh tonnes of clean Boro rice (32.31 lakh tonnes of paddy) from 4.96 lakh hectares of land for all five districts under Rangpur agriculture region this season.