Farm mechanisation boosts production of crop, say experts

RAJSHAHI: Agricultural extension and research officials at a workshop here unequivocally called for promotion of growers level farm mechanization to boost crop outputs to feed the gradually increasing population, reports BSS.
The revealed that the cropping intensity can be increased to 250 percent even 400 percent from the existing 200 percent through reducing the existing time gap between the two crops after the best uses of the farm mechanization.
To this end, all the officials and others concerned including the scientists and farmers should put in their level best efforts and work together as the present government is very much positive towards the field. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) under its ‘Boosting Crop Production through Farm Mechanization Project’ organized the daylong regional workshop- 2017 at BGB Party Point in Rajshahi city yesterday.
More than 100 district and upazila level officials from DAE, BMDA, BARI, BIRRI, SRDI, BADC and machine entrepreneurs and manufacturers, service providers and farmers from different districts in the region attended the workshop.
Additional director of DAE Joynal Abedeen and its Deputy Director Satyabrata Shaha addressed the workshop as chief and special guests respectively with Deputy Director Deb Dulal Dhali in the chair. Deputy Director Monzurul Huda highlighted aspects of promoting farm mechanization successfully in his welcome speech.
During his keynote presentation, Sheikh Nazim Uddin, director of Boosting Crop Production through Farm Mechanization Project, told the meeting that mechanization is an important tool for profitable and competitive agriculture. The need for mechanization is increasing fast with the decrease of draft power. Without mechanization it will not be possible to maintain multiple cropping patterns, which need quick land preparation, planting, weeding, harvesting and processing. Presently, the government has given emphasis to farm mechanization and is funding for rapid agricultural mechanization. This has mitigated, partly, the financial crisis for design and development of agricultural machinery.

Farm mechanisation boosts production of crop, say experts

RAJSHAHI: Agricultural extension and research officials at a workshop here unequivocally called for promotion of growers level farm mechanization to boost crop outputs to feed the gradually increasing population, reports BSS. The revealed that the cropping intensity can be increased to 250 percent even 400 percent from the existing 200 percent through reducing the existing time gap between the two crops after the best uses of the farm mechanization. To this end, all the officials and others concerned including the scientists and farmers should put in their level best efforts and work together as the present government is very much positive towards the field. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) under its Boosting Crop Production through Farm Mechanization Project organized the daylong regional workshop- 2017 at BGB Party Point in Rajshahi city yesterday. More than 100 district and upazila level officials from DAE, BMDA, BARI, BIRRI, SRDI, BADC and machine entrepreneurs and manufacturers, service providers and farmers from different districts in the region attended the workshop. Additional director of DAE Joynal Abedeen and its Deputy Director Satyabrata Shaha addressed the workshop as chief and special guests respectively with Deputy Director Deb Dulal Dhali in the chair. Deputy Director Monzurul Huda highlighted aspects of promoting farm mechanization successfully in his welcome speech. During his keynote presentation, Sheikh Nazim Uddin, director of Boosting Crop Production through Farm Mechanization Project, told the meeting that mechanization is an important tool for profitable and competitive agriculture. The need for mechanization is increasing fast with the decrease of draft power. Without mechanization it will not be possible to maintain multiple cropping patterns, which need quick land preparation, planting, weeding, harvesting and processing. Presently, the government has given emphasis to farm mechanization and is funding for rapid agricultural mechanization. This has mitigated, partly, the financial crisis for design and development of agricultural machinery.