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Late winter rains play havoc with Rabi crops
GOPALGANJ. Mar 4 Late winter rain and short supply of high yielding variety of seeds seem to affect the farm output here this season, disheartening the beleaguered farmers, reports UNB.
According to agriculture office here, some 15.000 hectares of land have been brought under rabi crop cultivation with a production target of 75.0000 mts.
But heavy rainfall early this month has' squandered the chances of a bumper output.
Winter crops including tomato, potato, mustard and pulses on a vast tract of land were damaged by the rain.
Meanwhile. Agriculture Extension Department (AED) has arranged a show of modern equipment and taken up a programme to supply seeds, fertilisers and other agri-inputs to
the farmers in its bid to boost the farm output.
BADC is selling high yielding variety of seeds, but the quantum was said to be too inadequate to meet the demand. "It’s only 5 per cent of the total demand." said an official.
Another report from Ne-trakona adds: Incessant downpour occurred last week caused extensive damage to winter crops in the district.
Officials said Sadar, Kendua, Atpara. Madan. MohonganJ. Kaliazuri. Barhatta, Durgapur. Kalmakanda and Purbadhala thanas experienced heavy rainfall.
They said the heavy fall has damaged potato, chifi. wheat, sweet potato, mustard and other vegetables in the thanas.
Some areas in sadar, Kendua. Atpara, Madan and Kaliazuri thanas were affected
must. Wheat. potato, garlic and onion fields here went under rainwater.
Huge unbaked bricks were also damaged in many brickfields of the district due to the rain.
Meanwhile. BSS from Chuadanga adds: A total of 1825 hectares of land have been brought under potato cultivation in all the four thanas of the district during the current rabi crop cultivation season.
According to an official source, of the total land. 235 hectares have been brought under potato cultivation in Sadar thana 455 hectares in Alam-danga thana. 860 hectares in Damurhuda thana- and 275 hectares in Jibannagar thana.
About 22.000 tones of potato would be produced in the district during this season, the source added.