A bumper production of lentil is likely to take place in Rangpur agricultural region this season where farmers have already achieved the farming target and cultivation of some varieties of the crop would continue till the next month.
According to Departm-ent of Agriculture Extens-ion (DAE) sources, farmers have already cultivated pulses on 8,350 hectares of land against the fixed target of bringing 8,347 hectares under its farming to produce 9,317 tons of crop in the region.
"The farmers might exceed the fixed farming target as sowing of seed of mungbean and some other varieties of pulses would continue till the next month end in the region," said Horticulture Spec-ialist of the DAE Khondker Md Mesbahul Islam.
He said the agriculture related departments, organizations and banks provided adequate training, quality seed, latest technologies, inputs and easy-term agri-loans to the farmers to make the pulses farming program successful this season.
"Besides, the special steps taken by the government, including providing agri-loans at lower interest rate for enhancing production of pulses and spice crops, further encouraged the farmers in bringing more land under cultivation of pulses this season," Islam added.
The concerned agriculture related departments, organizations and banks have provided adequate training, quality seed, latest technologies, inputs and agri-loans to the farmers to make the pulses farming program successful this season.
The farmers so far cultivated lentil in 2,007 hectares of land, gram in 64 hectares, 'Mashkalai' in 4,699 hectares, mungbean in 369 hectares, 'Khesari' in 1,135 hectares, cowpea in 35 hectares and `Arhar' in 61 hectares land this time in the region.
Talking to this correspondent, Deputy Director of the DAE SM Ashraf Ali predicted a brighter prospect for enhancing pulse output through motivating the farmers to increase cultivation in all five districts under Rangpur agriculture region.
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