NETRAKONA, Nov 30, 2023 (BSS) - The harvesting of Transplanted -Aman (T-Aman) rice is going on in full swing in all the ten upazilas of the district, widely known as rice surplus area in the country.

Farmers are now passing busy times with harvesting the paddy in a festive mood.

The Aman cultivators and crop specialists of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) here are expecting bumper production as they are getting better yielding rate.

DAE office sources said farmers could bring a total of 1, 34,090 hectors of land under T-Aman cultivation in the district this year with a plan for producing 3,90,522 metric tons of Aman rice.

However, standing Aman crops on a total of 10,251 hectors of land of the total cultivated land of the district were damaged by flash flood waters this year.

Talking to this BSS correspondent, DAE Deputy Director Mohammad Nuruzzaman informed that bumper production of the T-Aman rice is expected to be achieved by the farmers as they are getting better output.

He said the farmers are getting hybrid variety of rice in an average four tonnes of per hector, High Yielding Variety (HYV) three tonnes and local variety 1.75 tonnes per hector.

The Aman cultivators are getting better yielding rate as the weather condition remained favorable after the flood and the government ensured proper supply of improved quality seeds, fertilizers and other agricultural equipment at the door-steps of the farmers, he
said.

The government also distributed loan among the Aman growers through state-run banks including Bangladesh Krishi Bank to help them for making Aman rice cultivation successful.

Apart from this, the government took an agriculture incentive giving program in the district to assist the small and marginal farmers to run their Aman cultivation program properly without any financial problem.
Under the agriculture incentive giving program, the government distributed 42.4 metric tons of improved quality seeds, 80 metric
tons of DAP and 80 metric tons of MOP as agriculture incentive
among the 9200 small and marginal farmers of the district.
 
The filed-level officials and crops specialists of the DAE extended their field-level service round-the-clock to acquaint the farmers with the modern methods of Aman cultivation through using latest technologies, the deputy director added.