3.89 lakh tonnes garlic yield expected in Rajshahi division
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RAJSHAHI, Jan 13, 2020 (BSS)- Around 3.89 lakh tonnes of garlic yield are expected to be harvested from around 46,117 hectares of land in all eight districts of Rajshahi division during the current season.
Target has been set to produce around 2.63 lakh tonnes of garlic from 31,260 hectares of land in four districts under Rajshahi Agricultural Zone, while another 1.27 lakh tonnes from 14,957 hectares of land in four other districts under Bogura Agricultural Zone.
Sirajul Islam, Additional Director of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), said all possible measures were adopted to attain the production target in the region this season.