Floods destroy crops on 10,000 hectares: DAE

The ongoing floods for the last one and a half months in the eight north and northwestern districts have damaged standing crops on 10,000 hectares of land, reports BSS.
Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) told the news agency that as per the primary crop damage report the severe floods, caused by seasonal rainfall along with onrush of water from upstream, have submerged Aus paddy, Jute, Aman seedbed, bona Aman, transplanted Aman (T-Aman) and different varieties of vegetables on exactly 10,691 hectares out of 1, 46,914 hectares of land in the areas.
According to the report, flood water inundated Aus paddy on 2,546 hectares of land out of 26,428 hectares, jute crops on 1,600 hectares out of 21,013 hectares, Aman seedbed on 2,038 hectares out of 24,899 hectares, Bona-Aman on 504 hectares, Transplant Aman or T-Aman on 3,403 hectares out of 62,930 hectares of land and vegetables on 601 hectares of land out of 10,774 hectares of land have inundated under the flood water.
The government has already taken up extensive multilevel plans of cultivation of late variety crops of the offset the damage.
“We have taken multi-level plans like preparation of the seed bed for late variety crops and cultivation of early robi crops to offset farmers crop loss caused by the flood”, said Prodith Kumar Mondol, Director General (DG) of the DAE.
Besides, all the agriculture training institutions across the country have been asked to prepare seed on the late variety of summer crops and the early robi crops with a move to help the farmers suffering from crop loss at the flood affected areas, said top agriculture official.
In Kurigram, standing crops on 2,326 hectares out of 27,909 hectares of land under nine upazilas of the district have been inundated. Crops on 491 hectares out of 1,6739 hectares of land already inundated due to floods in Gaibandha.
In Lalmonirhat, vegetables, Aman seedbed and T-Aman on 970 hectares of land have submerged. Crops on 285 hectares land in Nilphamari, 125 hectares in Rangpur, 3,530 hectares in Bogra, 686 hectares in Sunmaganj and 2278 hectares land in Sylhet have been inundated during the flood.
A final crop damage assessment will be prepared within 7 to 10 days after the flood water recession, said agriculture secretary Mohammad Mainuddin Abdullah, adding that it is a regular phenomenon and we have adequate preparation to face the crop loss of the farmers.
The worst flood affected districts are Kurigram, Bogra, Lalmonirhat and Sylhet.

Floods destroy crops on 10,000 hectares: DAE

The ongoing floods for the last one and a half months in the eight north and northwestern districts have damaged standing crops on 10,000 hectares of land, reports BSS. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) told the news agency that as per the primary crop damage report the severe floods, caused by seasonal rainfall along with onrush of water from upstream, have submerged Aus paddy, Jute, Aman seedbed, bona Aman, transplanted Aman (T-Aman) and different varieties of vegetables on exactly 10,691 hectares out of 1, 46,914 hectares of land in the areas. According to the report, flood water inundated Aus paddy on 2,546 hectares of land out of 26,428 hectares, jute crops on 1,600 hectares out of 21,013 hectares, Aman seedbed on 2,038 hectares out of 24,899 hectares, Bona-Aman on 504 hectares, Transplant Aman or T-Aman on 3,403 hectares out of 62,930 hectares of land and vegetables on 601 hectares of land out of 10,774 hectares of land have inundated under the flood water. The government has already taken up extensive multilevel plans of cultivation of late variety crops of the offset the damage. We have taken multi-level plans like preparation of the seed bed for late variety crops and cultivation of early robi crops to offset farmers crop loss caused by the flood, said Prodith Kumar Mondol, Director General (DG) of the DAE. Besides, all the agriculture training institutions across the country have been asked to prepare seed on the late variety of summer crops and the early robi crops with a move to help the farmers suffering from crop loss at the flood affected areas, said top agriculture official. In Kurigram, standing crops on 2,326 hectares out of 27,909 hectares of land under nine upazilas of the district have been inundated. Crops on 491 hectares out of 1,6739 hectares of land already inundated due to floods in Gaibandha. In Lalmonirhat, vegetables, Aman seedbed and T-Aman on 970 hectares of land have submerged. Crops on 285 hectares land in Nilphamari, 125 hectares in Rangpur, 3,530 hectares in Bogra, 686 hectares in Sunmaganj and 2278 hectares land in Sylhet have been inundated during the flood. A final crop damage assessment will be prepared within 7 to 10 days after the flood water recession, said agriculture secretary Mohammad Mainuddin Abdullah, adding that it is a regular phenomenon and we have adequate preparation to face the crop loss of the farmers. The worst flood affected districts are Kurigram, Bogra, Lalmonirhat and Sylhet.