Boro cultivation going on in full swing in Netrakona
BSS
NETRAKONA: Boro cultivation has been going on in full swing in all the 10 upazilas of Netrakona district, which is widely known as grain vowel of the country, during the current Rabi season, reports BSS.
District Agriculture Extension Department office sources said, the government has designed a target to bring a total of 1,80,101 hectares of land under the Boro cultivation.
Of the total targeted land, 1,69,192 hectares of land would be brought under the high yielding variety (HYV) of paddy, 10,459 hectares of land under hybrid variety of the crop and 450 hectares under local variety.
Meanwhile, the Boro cultivators could complete transplantation of the Boro seedlings on 80,000 hectares of land in the district, said the crops specialists of district Agriculture Extension Department of Netrakona.
Deputy Director of the DAE Bilash Chandra Paul said the Boro cultivators are now passing their busy times in their farm lands round the clock for transplanting the Boro seedlings.
He said that there is no shortage of fertilizers in anywhere of the district.
