Bumper wheat production likely in Rangpur region

The farmers are expecting bumper production of wheat this season as harvest of the crop has been nearing completion with excellent yield in five districts under Rangpur agriculture region, reports BSS.
According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources, the farmers have harvested the wheat from 23,205 hectares (87 percent) land, where total cultivated land area was 26,673 hectares in the region.
The farmers produced 83,862 tonnes of wheat in the region during the current Rabi season.Horticulture Specialist of the DAE Khondker Md Mesbahul Islam said wheat farming target marked a negligible shortfall following cultivation of potato on more land as the farmers got excellent production and price of potato last season.“However, the wheat production target would be achieved as the farmers cultivated the high yielding, disease resistant and stress tolerant wheat varieties on more land” he added. “The wheat harvest would be completed by next week,” he said Extension Agronomist Anarul Haque at Dinajpur Hub of International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center also predicted bumper wheat output following use of high yielding variety seeds and conservation agriculture (CA)based technologies.

 

Bumper wheat production likely in Rangpur region

The farmers are expecting bumper production of wheat this season as harvest of the crop has been nearing completion with excellent yield in five districts under Rangpur agriculture region, reports BSS. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources, the farmers have harvested the wheat from 23,205 hectares (87 percent) land, where total cultivated land area was 26,673 hectares in the region. The farmers produced 83,862 tonnes of wheat in the region during the current Rabi season.Horticulture Specialist of the DAE Khondker Md Mesbahul Islam said wheat farming target marked a negligible shortfall following cultivation of potato on more land as the farmers got excellent production and price of potato last season.However, the wheat production target would be achieved as the farmers cultivated the high yielding, disease resistant and stress tolerant wheat varieties on more land he added. The wheat harvest would be completed by next week, he said Extension Agronomist Anarul Haque at Dinajpur Hub of International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center also predicted bumper wheat output following use of high yielding variety seeds and conservation agriculture (CA)based technologies.