Seedbeds are being prepared by the farmers to grow healthy seedlings for Boro paddy farming in all the seven upazilas of the district during the current Boro season.
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said over 1, 21,258 hectares of land would be brought under Boro paddy cultivation this year with a production target of at least 4,90,000 tonnes of rice.To cultivate the paddy in the field, the seedbed will be prepared on at least 6,000 hectares of land by sowing over 4,200 tonnes of seed in the district this season, sources said.Now, the farmers are busy to prepare the seedbeds on the low land with
the hopes of growing healthy seedlings for getting desired production through transplanting those.About 50 percent seedbeds have already been prepared and the rest will be done by November 30, said an official of DAE.To make the programme a success, high quality seed of Boro paddy like BRRI Dhan-28 and BRRI Dhan-29 are being distributed to the farmers at reasonable rates through BADC and other private firms approved by Seed Certification Agency of the government.Besides, many of the farmers prepared seedbeds by sowing their own seed not depending on BADC and local markets as they received training on seed preservation from the field level DAE officials. -BSS, Gaibandha
