The government has planned to originate 2.26 crore tonnes of boro rice from 50.70 lakh hectares of land in 2024-25 fiscal year.
In glimpse of this, the government has taken all-out preparations for refined cultivation of the one ultimate gash fluctuate in the country.
The early boro cultivation has already begun on the haor home while easy land farmers started making ready seedlings.
The government has taken steps to guarantee that provide of adequate fertilizer including the urea and non-urea as country’s two-thirds rice is produced throughout boro season.
Concerning the success of the boro manufacturing, M Saiful Alam, director general (DG) of the Division of Agricultural Extension (DAE) mentioned, country’s critical rely on of food provide is on the final met by the boro manufacturing.
To meet the target, he mentioned, hybrid, totally different high-yielding fluctuate (HYV) and native fluctuate can be cultivated throughout the season.
DAE is encouraging the farmers to cultivate the high-yielding forms fancy BRRI-29 for reaching the optimum manufacturing per the target, mentioned Sarker Safi Uddin Ahmed, director (field carrier) of DAE.
“We are suggesting the farmers to cultivate totally different mega forms fancy BR-89, 92 and BR-102 because the farmers can salvage fundamental manufacturing”, he mentioned.
In step with DAE target hybrid rice can be cultivated on 14,94,920 hectares of land, high-yielding fluctuate on 35,61,012 hectares of land and native fluctuate on 13,500 hectares of land.
In Dhaka space, 5,98,234 hectares of land can be brought beneath boro cultivation- where hybrid rice can be cultivated on 1,13,540 hectares of land, HYV can be cultivated on 4,82,718 hectares of land and simply one,976 hectares of land can be cultivated for native fluctuate, per DAE.
In Mymensingh space, 6,70,497 hectares of land would be brought beneath boro cultivation. The hybrid can be cultivated on 2,58,130 hectares, high yielding fluctuate (HYV) on 4,12,001 hectares and native fluctuate on 366 hectares of land.
In Cumilla space, 3,37,467 hectares of land would arrive beneath boro cultivation where hybrid can be cultivated on 71,870 hectares, 2,65,567 hectares of land can be brought beneath HYV cultivation and native fluctuate can be cultivated on 30 hectares of land.
In Sylhet space, boro rice can be cultivated on 4,96,746 hectares of land. The hybrid can be cultivated on 1,43,795 hectares of land, HYV can be cultivated on 3,49,826 hectares of land and native fluctuate can be cultivated on 3,125 hectares of land.
In Chattogram space, the boro rice can be cultivated on 2,93,200 hectares of land where hybrid can be cultivated on 1,44,530 hectares of land, HYV can be cultivated on 1,Forty eight,500 hectares and native fluctuate can be cultivated on 170 hectares.
In Rangamati space, boro rice can be cultivated on 27,827 hectares of land.
Boro cultivation has been targeted on 3,76,110 hectares of land in Rajshahi space. Out of that HYV can be cultivated on 3,39,760 hectares of land, hybrid can be cultivated on 36,350 hectares of land.
In Bogura space, the boro rice can be cultivated on 4,55,482 hectares of land, hybrid can be cultivated on 51,550 hectares of land and HYV can be cultivated on 4,01,212 hectares of land.
In Rangpur space, 5,08,978 hectares would be brought beneath boro cultivation. Hybrid can be cultivated on 2,27,856 hectares of land, HYV on 2,80,015 hectares and native on 1,110 hectares.
Boro rice can be cultivated on 2,15,245 hectares of land in Barishal space where many of the land can be coated by high yielding fluctuate of boro rice.
Talking about overall urea and non-urea fertiliser inventory sooner than boro season, Md Aminul Islam, deputy director (fertiliser administration) of DAE mentioned there are sufficient fertiliser inventory in the country for boro season.
For January to March, the government has a inventory of urea of 11,04,908 tonnes, 2,35,765 tonnes Triple Substantial Phosphate (TSP), 4,80,459 tonnes Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) and a pair of,56,023 tonnes Muriate of Potash (MoP) on the sector stage for cultivating boro and other winter season vegetation.
Final year, country’s boro manufacturing modified into 2.10 crore tonnes on Forty eight lakh hectares of land.
