MANIKGANJ, Nov 30, 2023 (BSS) - The harvesting of Aman paddy is on full swing all over the district.

 Farmers are expecting excellent production of Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) rice as the cultivation target of T-Aman rice exceeded by the farmers during the current season.

Deputy Director of DAE Abu Mohammad Enayet Ullah said the department had set a target of cultivation of T-Aman paddy on 10,050 hectares of land with a production target of 33,789 metric tons of clean rice in the district during the current season. But the farmers had cultivated 11,462 hectares of land, 1412 hectares more than the fixed target.

 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 farmers of five of seven upazilas of the district. The Upazilas are Manikganj Sadar, Saturia, Singair, Ghior and Daulatpur. The farmers of the district cultivated the Aman paddy on their land after harvesting the Boro paddy, the sources added.

The T-Aman cultivators mainly depend on rainy seasonal water. But the seasonal water was not available during the current season. So the rain water was very much helpful for cultivation of T-Aman in the district. Some of the cultivators depended on swallow machine water all over the area.

More than seventy percent of Aman paddy harvesting has already been completed, Department of Agriculture Extension sources said.