MANIKGANJ, Oct 5, 2023 (BSS) - The cultivation of T-Aman has been completed

exceeding its fixed target in five of seven upazilas of the district during
the current season, the Department of Agriculture Extension sources said.

Earlier, a total of 4,000 small and marginal farmers got seed and fertilizer
as incentives from the government for boosting the production of Aman paddy
in the district during the current season.

Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said the government
has distributed 5 kilograms (kg) of Aman seed for cultivating one bigha of
land and necessary fertilizers, including 10 kgs of Di-ammonium Phosphate
(DAP) and 10 kgs of Muriate of Potash (MoP), each of the listed farmers free
of cost.

DAE office sources said Aman paddy generally grows on alluvial soil. So, the
seed was distributed among the selected five upazilas of the district. The
upazilas are Manikganj Sadar, Saturia, Singair, Ghior and Daulatpur.

The T-Aman cultivators mainly depend on rainy season’s water. But the
seasonal water is not available during the current season. So, most of the
cultivators depend on swallow machine water all over the area.

Deputy Director of DAE Abu Mohammad Enayet Ullah said the department had set
a target of cultivation of Aman paddy on 10,050 hectares of land with a
production target of 33,789 tonnes of clean rice in the district. But the
farmers have cultivated 11,462 hectares of land, 1,412 hectares more than the
fixed target.