Cultivation of late variety Nazirshail rice has started becoming popular among the farmers of Teesta River basins under six unions of Sundarganj upazila in the district in recent years.
Every year, the cultivation of the variety is increasing for getting desired output against the crop with nominal cost.
This year, over 1,000 hectares of land of Tarapur, Belka, Horipur, Chandipur, Sreepur and Kapasia unions of the upazila have been brought under the cultivation.
The growers are expecting bumper production as the plants of the paddy have grown well on the fertile land lying along the riverbed.
Shahidar Rahman, a farmer of Horipur union said like the previous years he cultivated the variety on five bighas of char land this year and its harvest will start next month.
He is expecting a good production and fair prices against the crop during the current season.
Upazila agriculture officer Satyen Sen said availability of necessary agir inputs; favorable climatic condition, fertile land and nominal cost are the grounds of the expectation behind the bumper production.
The farming of the variety is getting more popular to the farmers day by day as its prices are higher than that of other paddy for serving its rice to the guests at different functions including marriage ceremonies, he also said.
Talking to the BSS Deputy Director of DAE Mir Abdur Razzak said another late variety Ganzia paddy had also been popularized to the Brahmaputra river basin farmers of Sadar, Phulchhari and Sagahta upazilas in the district in recent years for getting good output. -BSS, Gaibandha
