T-Aman production target fixed at 3.53 lakh tonnes in Jamalpur

Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a target of T- Aman (Transplanted Aman) cultivation on 1,12,896 hectares of land with a production target of 3,53,108 tones of rice in the district during the current Kharip-2 season.

The DAE office sources said the production target is 3177 tonnes more than the previous year.

Of the total land, 30,410 hectares of land have been brought under the cultivation in Sadar upazila, 15,300 hectares in Sarishabari, 17,440 hectares in Melandah, 11,366 hectares in Islampur, 9,195 hectares in Dewanganj, 15,920 hectares in Madarganj and 13,265 hectares of land in Bakshiganj upazila.

The DAE office said of the total target, high yielding variety (HYV) on 74,146 hectares of land with a production target of 2,13,540 tonnes of rice, high breed variety on 33,800 hectares of land with a production target of 130806 tonnes of rice and local variety on 4,950 hectares of land with a production target of 8762 tonnes of rice.

Farmers have already started preparing T-Aman seedbeds and they prepared seedbeds on 1,040 hectares of land against the target 5,392 hectares till June 25.

A total of 10,800 small and marginal farmers in all the seven upazilas of the district got incentive for cultivating T-Aman.

Each of the farmers got five kilogram high yielding variety Aman paddy seed, ten kilogram Di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) fertilizer and ten kilogram Muriate of Potash (MOP) fertilizer free of cost for cultivation of one bigha of land.

Deputy Director of DAE Zakia Sultana said incentive was distributed among the farmers to increase the food production. (BSS)