The southwestern district of Khulna is celebrating a bumper harvest of Aman paddy this twelve months, sparking pleasure and optimism among native farmers.
Growers and others are getting ready to reap the paddy and sharpening their sickles as they hope for a document-breaking production this time.
Within the nine upazilas of Khulna, farmers shipshape their fields and homes in preparation for the harvest, which is predicted to open interior the next one to 2 weeks.
Despite the incontrovertible truth that this twelve months the nation experienced heavy rainfall, which brought each challenges and blessings for the farmers, the golden fields of paddy bring smiles to the farmers.
With the rising costs of fertilizers, seeds, pesticides and labour, the growers are hopeful for a upright harvest, equipped the weather stays favourable.
The Directorate Identical outdated of Food has launched that the govt. will get 51,973 metric tonnes (MT) of paddy from 10 districts below the Khulna division.
Moreover, 74,335 MT of boiled rice and 5,925 MT of parboiled rice would possibly possibly possibly even be aloof.
Agriculture officials acknowledged that the coastal Koyra and Dakop upazilas had witnessed bumper yields of Aman paddy this twelve months.
In accordance to the Koyra Upazila Agricultural Office, 16,323 hectares of land were brought below the Aman cultivation, whereas Dakop adhered to 19,360 hectares.
Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury, regional meals controller for Khulna, acknowledged that this twelve months’s production would possibly possibly possibly possibly perchance exceed the goal location earlier.
Shashadhar Sana, an Angti Hara Paschim Beel farmer, acknowledged he planted Aman paddy on one bigha of land and anticipated to reap about 30 maunds per bigha.
He acknowledged his family sharp to plan pithas from the newly harvested rice.
Mizanur Rahman Babu from Sataliya Purbo Beel shared the identical sentiment that he planted paddy on 22 bighas of land and now expects to absorb 24-25 monds per bigha.
Master Abdul Khalek, a farmer from Koyra Sadar union, praised the efforts of the native agricultural officers, announcing that they were very devoted and continuously visited fields.
Koyra Upazila Agricultural Officer Md Abdullah Al Mamun acknowledged the yield would surpass expectations despite some challenges the farmers faced.
