Bumper wheat production has brought smile on the face of farmers of all the 13 upazilas in the district as they got fair price for the crop during the current season.
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) had a target of cultivating wheat on 16,546 hectares of land here, but exceeding the target wheat was cultivated on 21,225 hectares and 58,210 tonnes of wheat were produced. Deputy Director of DAE Anwarul Alam told BSS that the farmers of the area were found interested in wheat farming on more new lands due to availability of seeds, fertilisers, insecticides and other agri-inputs in a favourable climatic condition. He said the field level DAE officers are motivating the farmers to cultivate wheat on their land in a large scale to meet the demand of people and make the growers economically benefited. -BSS, Dinajpur
