Boro harvest continues in Panchagarh

Harvesting of Boro paddy has been continuing in full swing in the district with an excellent yield rate.

Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said farmers of the district cultivated Boro paddy on 33,000 hectares of land in all the five upazilas with a production target of 1,34,700 tonnes of rice.

Of the total, 10,000 hectares of land have been brought under the cultivation in Sadar upazila, 8,200 hectares in Debiganj upazila, 5,300 hectares in Boda upazila, 6 hectares in Atowary upazila and 3,500 hectares in Tetulia Upazila.

Farmers cultivated different varieties of Boro including BRRI 28, BRRI 29, BARRI 33, BARRI 45, BARRI 50, Agro-14, Rajkumar, Rupashi Bangla and Jagaroni, DAE office said.

Farmers of the district are expecting a bumper production of Boro paddy this year as they are getting at least 22-24 mounds of paddy from a bigha of land.

Deputy Director (DD), DAE, Panchagarh Md, Rafiqul Islam told BSS that their field-level officers were motivating the farmers to adopt the modern technological support to boost the production of the paddy.

Source: BSS.