Good lentil yield expected in Rajshahi

Agriculturists and farmers are eyeing satisfactory lentil yield in the region including its vast Barind tract during the current season as huge cultivation of its high yielding varieties,usages of modern technologies and new ideas has enhanced the expectations of much production.

A team of agricultural scientists and researchers revealed this while they led by Kamlaranjan Das, Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, visited some of the high yielding farming plots of lentil in different areas under Paba Upazila in the district on Thursday.

Deputy Director of Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Shamsul Haque, Director of Bangladesh Sugar Crop Research Institute Dr Samajit Kumar Paul, Director (Training and Planning) of Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture Dr Jahangir Alam, Chief Scientific Officer of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute Dr Aminul Islam, Principal Scientific Officer of Fruit Research Station Dr Alim Uddin and Principal Scientific Officer of Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute Dr Ilias Hossain were included in the visiting team.

In sideline of visiting the plot, Agriculturist Shamsul Haque said around 85,000 tonnes of lentil are likely to be produced from 60,515 hectares of land in the division during the current Rabi season.

The DAE has set the target of producing 55,165 tonnes of lentil from 38,870 hectares of land in four districts of its Rajshahi Agricultural Zone with production rate of 1.42 tonnes per hectare while 29,846 tonnes from 21,645 hectares of land in four other districts of Bogura zone with production ratio of 1.38 tonnes per hectare.

Haque said all possible measures were adopted to attain the production target of lentils as its newly developed high yielding varieties are being provided to the farmers.

All the government and non-government entities concerned are motivating the farmers for farming various water-saving crops including lentil in the Barind area to lessen the gradually mounting pressure on underground water, he said.

Good lentil yield expected in Rajshahi

Agriculturists and farmers are eyeing satisfactory lentil yield in the region including its vast Barind tract during the current season as huge cultivation of its high yielding varieties,usages of modern technologies and new ideas has enhanced the expectations of much production. A team of agricultural scientists and researchers revealed this while they led by Kamlaranjan Das, Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, visited some of the high yielding farming plots of lentil in different areas under Paba Upazila in the district on Thursday. Deputy Director of Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Shamsul Haque, Director of Bangladesh Sugar Crop Research Institute Dr Samajit Kumar Paul, Director (Training and Planning) of Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture Dr Jahangir Alam, Chief Scientific Officer of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute Dr Aminul Islam, Principal Scientific Officer of Fruit Research Station Dr Alim Uddin and Principal Scientific Officer of Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute Dr Ilias Hossain were included in the visiting team. In sideline of visiting the plot, Agriculturist Shamsul Haque said around 85,000 tonnes of lentil are likely to be produced from 60,515 hectares of land in the division during the current Rabi season. The DAE has set the target of producing 55,165 tonnes of lentil from 38,870 hectares of land in four districts of its Rajshahi Agricultural Zone with production rate of 1.42 tonnes per hectare while 29,846 tonnes from 21,645 hectares of land in four other districts of Bogura zone with production ratio of 1.38 tonnes per hectare. Haque said all possible measures were adopted to attain the production target of lentils as its newly developed high yielding varieties are being provided to the farmers. All the government and non-government entities concerned are motivating the farmers for farming various water-saving crops including lentil in the Barind area to lessen the gradually mounting pressure on underground water, he said.