Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken up an extensive plan to cultivate potato in all the seven upazilas of the district during the current Rabi season.
Official sources said a total of 9,089 hectares of land would
be brought under this cultivation this year with the production
target of 1,73,600 tonnes of potato.
Of the total, 350 hectares of land would be brought under the
cultivation in Sadar upazila, 1,400 in Sadullapur upazila, 850 in
Polashbari upazila, 5,200 in Gobindaganj upazila, 900 in
Sundarganj upazila, 250 in Saghata upazila and 139 in Fhulchhari
upazila in the district, sources said.
The officials of DAE particularly sub-assistant agriculture
officers in field level are motivating the farmers to cultivate
potato on their land in large scale to meet its demand and to
make the growers economically benefited.
Besides, the farmers are also being imparted training on
potato cultivation by the department to make the programme a
grand success, said district training officer of DAE Shamsul
Bari.
Talking to the BSS, deputy director of DAE Mir Abdur Razzak
said an initiative has been taken to ensure seed, fertilizer,
pesticides and other agri-inputs to the farmers to boost
production of potatoes in the district during the current season.
Apart from these, different commercial banks including
Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) are also distributing agri-
loan to the growers on easy term to farm potato on the land
without any economical troubles, he added.
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