Prospect of lentil production bright

Rajshahi: Prospects of boosting additional around one lakh tons of lentil output is bright in the region including the vast barind tract, reports BSS.
Agricultural extension officials, scientists and researchers concerned revealed the prospect referring to some on-farm research findings. They evaluated a set of techniques to address how to use residual soil moisture in rain-fed areas, higher cost of production and low productivity due to late planting in the region.
They stressed on substantial and sustainable promotion of high yielding varieties and modern farming technologies to materialize the existing potentialities for meeting up the country's gradually increasing demand of the cereal crop.
Around 80,000 hectares of land remain fallow for more than three months after the harvest of transplanted aman paddy every year. There has been a bright scope of bringing the huge land under the pulse farming for the best uses of those alongside increasing cropping intensity amid the current water- stress condition.
Dr Ilias Hossain, Principal Scientific Officer of Regional Wheat Research Center (RWRC), said recent research has uncovered two new high-yielding, disease-resistant varieties of lentil which has the potential to significantly raise productivity and strengthen food and nutritional security in Bangladesh.

Prospect of lentil production bright

Rajshahi: Prospects of boosting additional around one lakh tons of lentil output is bright in the region including the vast barind tract, reports BSS. Agricultural extension officials, scientists and researchers concerned revealed the prospect referring to some on-farm research findings. They evaluated a set of techniques to address how to use residual soil moisture in rain-fed areas, higher cost of production and low productivity due to late planting in the region. They stressed on substantial and sustainable promotion of high yielding varieties and modern farming technologies to materialize the existing potentialities for meeting up the countrys gradually increasing demand of the cereal crop. Around 80,000 hectares of land remain fallow for more than three months after the harvest of transplanted aman paddy every year. There has been a bright scope of bringing the huge land under the pulse farming for the best uses of those alongside increasing cropping intensity amid the current water- stress condition. Dr Ilias Hossain, Principal Scientific Officer of Regional Wheat Research Center (RWRC), said recent research has uncovered two new high-yielding, disease-resistant varieties of lentil which has the potential to significantly raise productivity and strengthen food and nutritional security in Bangladesh.