NARAIL, Jan 18, 2022 (BSS) - Farmers are now passing busy times with
rowing Boro rice seedlings on their crop lands in three upazilas of the
district.

   Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) officials are rendering their
field-level services on lands following health guidelines amid the Covid-19
pandemic situation with a view to ensure food security of the country.

  The DAE office sources said a target has been designed here to produce over
2,12, 537 tonnes of Boro rice from 48,490 hectares of land in the district
during the current Boro season.

   Of them, 93,930 tonnes of Boro rice will be produced from 21,075 hectares
of land in Sadar upazila, 42,036 from 10,230 hectares of land in Lohagara
upazila and 76,247 from 16,510 hectares of land in Kalia upazila.

   The government through the DAE and other agriculture-related organizations
and institutions is extending necessary assistance and providing latest
technologies to the farmers to make the intensive Boro rice farming program a
success, the DAE sources said.

   Deputy Director of DAE Dipok Kumar Roy said at the directives of the
government, different state-run agencies including Bangladesh Agriculture
Development Corporation (BADC) and BCIC have ensured proper supply of
adequate improved quality Boro seeds, fertilizers and irrigation and
agricultural equipment for the Boro growers.

   The state-run banks including Bangladesh Krishi Banks have also
distributed crop loans to the farmers for helping them cultivate Boro paddy
without financial problems, he said.