BDRunner Online,
Bogra, April 23:-According to the Agriculture Department, some of the rice in the field has hardened. Out of this, sacking has started in 3 upazilas.
Matlubar Rahman, Deputy Director of the District Agriculture Extension Department, said that this time the target of boro cultivation was set on 1 lakh 87 thousand 810 hectares of land in Bogra. A little more land was brought under the target than last year. But this time due to the increase in the scope of paddy cultivation in some lands, the cultivation of Boro has decreased. Paddy cultivation in 650 hectares of land is less than the target. He hopes that despite this there will be no change in the production target. This time the production target is 7 lakh 89 thousand 432 metric tons (in the form of rice.
In between, boro paddy harvesting has started in the expected low-lying areas of Bogra. Farmers have started harvesting paddy in several chares, Sonatala and Nandigram upazilas of Sariakandi upazila of the district. Farmer Samed Ali of Buruil Union of Nandigram Upazila said that the paddy has been very good. If the weather is good (no storms, heavy rains) then they expect a good harvest.
Matlubar Rahman of the District Agriculture Extension Directorate gave the information that after the flowering of Boro rice in Bogra, the rice ears have come out. At this time, most of the fields have milk or milk in the rice, so the fear of cheetahs has been removed due to high temperature. District Assistant Agriculture Officer (Statistics) Farid Uddin said that 2 to 3 percent of lowland rice has been harvested. In the next 10 days, paddy harvesting will start on a full scale. He said this time the paddy is very good. Irrigation work was not disrupted due to uninterrupted power suppl.
