Farmers in the district have started harvesting of Boro paddy in full swing this year.
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said farmers already harvested 25,874 hectares of land till today which is 20 percent of the total land. The office said this year farmers brought 1,29,370 hectares of land under Boro cultivation.
Farmers cultivated three varieties of Boro paddy of which- High breed on 51,360 hectares, High Yielding Variety on 77,835 hectares and local on 175 hectares.
This year Agriculture Department has fixed the production target of Boro rice 5,65,812 tonnes in all the seven upazilas of the district.
The office said farmers got per hectare production 4.9 tonnes rice of High- breed variety and 3.7 tonnes of HYV which are short duration varieties. They also got 2.10 tonnes production of local variety in a hectare.
The office said Boro paddy was cultivated on 34,800 hectares of land in Jamalpur sadar upazila while 18,680 hectares in Sarishabari, 20,150 hectares in Melandah, 17,280 hectares in Islampur, 8,720 hectares in Dewanganj, 16,310hectares in Madarganj and 13,420 hectares in Bakshiganj.
DAE sources said farmers are being interested to cultivate high breed variety paddy for increase production. This year farmers brought 560 hectares more land under high breed paddy of 87 varieties. Besides, farmers also cultivated 32 varieties of High Yielding and 4 local varieties Boro paddy.
Additional Deputy Director, DAE, Mohammad Harun-Or-Rashid said farmers are expecting good yield of Boro paddy as timely cultivation, availability of fertilizer, irrigation facility and other agriculture inputs.
