The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken massive programme to cultivate Boro paddy in all four upazilas of the district during this season.The DAE sources said, under the programme, a total of 34,650 hectares of land would be brought under the cultivation with the production target fixed at 1.5 lakh tonnes of rice. Of the total land 6,500 hectors would be brought under the cultivation in Sadar upazila, 12,500 hectors in Alamdanga upazila, 9,060 hectors in Damurhuda upazila and 6,500 hectors in Jibannagar upazila. The farmers of the district are making up their mind to put in their best efforts to achieve the targeted production of the paddy. The field-workers and crop specialists of the DAE have started rendering their field-level services and exchanging views with the farmers to educate them about the modern method of Boro cultivation for achieving best yielding rate with minimum production cost, DAE sources said. –BSS, Chuadanga
