Winter has descended in Tentulia upazila of Panchagarh. With the arrival of winter, the entire district is covered with mild fog.
With the arrival of winter, the farmers of the upazila are spending their busy time in harvesting various types of winter vegetables as well as Aman paddy. This time, the bumper crop of Aman rice in the upazila brought a smile to the face of the farmer. A bumper crop has been produced in the current season. Farmers feel that they will benefit if they get the desired price.
According to the information of the Upazila Agriculture Office, Aman paddy has been cultivated on 11 thousand 250 hectares of land in the upazila this year. The target of which was 11 thousand 225 hectares of land. Out of this, Ufshi rice is 10,250 hectares, hybrid 750 hectares and local 225 hectares.
It can be seen on the surface, many people including Mofizul, Hamidul, Altaf of Kaldaspara village of Burburi union of the upazila are cutting paddy.
Mofizul, a farmer of Tetulia upazila, said that he cultivated Aman paddy in three bigha of land this season. He has almost finished harvesting the paddy. He could not say the amount of yield as the paddy harvest was not over yet. However, he expressed hope for a bumper yield. He said that the farmers will benefit from paddy cultivation if they get the desired price.
Other farmers also said that the disease of Aman rice is very low. Yields have exceeded expectations. Aman paddy is usually harvested at the end of Agrahayana month. This rice has started ripening a month ago. Farmers are hoping to make a profit this time excluding all costs.
Upazila's Shalbahan market rice traders Alamgir Hossain and Safiul Islam aka Pahatu and retail trader Md Riazul said that according to the type of rice, rice is currently being bought and sold at 900 to 1100 per maund. However, it is known that the price of paddy was higher at the beginning of paddy harvesting.
Upazila Agriculture Officer Md. Jahangir Alam said, I and Deputy Assistant Agriculture Officers have advised the farmers in different ways to get good yield. This has resulted in a bumper yield of paddy in the current planting season.
As the farmers got the desired price of paddy, cultivation increased more than before. Besides, this bumper crop of Aman paddy has been produced in the current season due to the favorable weather and the activities of the agriculture department.
Hope the farmers will benefit more in the future.
