Panchagarh farmers expect good mustard output

The mustard seed farmers of the district are expecting good mustard output this season due to favourable weather condition and timely supply necessary agro-inputs.

The mustard trees are growing well across the district as the farmers are taking good care defying adverse weather conditions. Now, the mustard field are adorned yellow color flower.

DAE office sources said about 4040 hectares of land have been brought under mustard cultivation this season with the production target of 4850 tonnes.

“I have cultivated high yield mustard on five bighas of land spending Taka 27,000 aiming to become financially self-reliant,” said farmer Sunil Kumar under Debiganj upazila.

He said: “I am expecting over 30 maunds of output from the crop land”. The farmers begin harvesting the crop from the first week of February and continue till March. Getting repeated plentiful production and fair market price previous year.

A good numbers of farmers are now engaged in mustard cultivation commercially in the area this season. Farmer Rasidul said, he mostly depends on mustard cultivation every season. He used fungicide and pesticide along with chemical fertilizer at his mustard field during the time of tilling the land, he said.

Deputy Director of DAE, Panchagarh, Md Rias Uddin told BSS that fungicide and pesticide are boosting the production of farmers crop including mustard seed.

The farmer show more interest to grow the crops as its cultivation is easy and lucrative, he added. (BSS)