KHULNA, April 16, 2022 (BSS) - Enthusiastic farmers are expecting a bumper
Boro rice production after exceeding the fixed farming target in Khulna
agriculture region during the current season.

 Farmers and officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said
the tender Boro paddy plants have been growing marvelously even a few days
ago creating a sight beholding greener look in crop fields amid favourable
climatic conditions.
 
Getting necessary support from the government to make the intensive Boro rice
farming programme a success, farmers have brought more land under its farming
exceeding the fixed farming target despite crop diversification across the
region.

 Farmers, in all the four districts of the region, are extremely busy for
cutting their excellently growing Boro paddy. Cutting of Boro paddy, over
2,000 hectares of land, has been completed till yesterday that was began on
April 11 (Friday), said a DAE official.

 The DAE has fixed a target of producing 10, 85,918 tonnes of Boro paddy
(Average 4.51 tonnes of paddy in per hectare) from 2, 40,780 hectares of land
for all four districts under Khulna agriculture region during the current
Rabi season.

 "Farmers have finally brought 2,48,592 hectares of land under Boro
farming exceeding the fixed farming target by 8,112 hectares of land,"
Additional Director of the DAE's Khulna region Agriculturist Md.
Fazlul Haque told BSS today.

 "We get a super bumper Boro paddy production as a climatic condition was
favourable across the region this Rabi season," he said.

 The DAE and other agriculture-related organisations and institutions have
been working relentlessly to ensure smooth irrigation, supply of fuels,
fertilisers and electricity and other facilities to farmers for making the
Boro farming programme a success.

 Talking to BSS, farmers Md Abul Kalam of Shirgati village under Rupsha
upazila and Angshuman Roy of Debitala village under Batiaghata upazila in
Khulna said they have put maximum efforts to take care of their growing Boro
rice plants to get bumper production this season.

 Farmer Saikat Alam Sohag of Paikgachha upazila in Khulna thanked the
government for ensuring smooth supply of fertilisers, pesticides, diesel,
power and other facilities to the farmers to make their Boro rice farming
program successful.