Boosting farmers’ level seed production stressed

RAJSHAHI:  Agricultural extension officials and scientists at a daylong workshop here on Saturday underlined the need for an integrated effort to boost the farmers level seed production of pulse, oilseed and onion to meet gradually increasing domestic demands of the crops, reports BSS.
They viewed the region including its vast Barind tract is very suitable for seed production and urged the field level extension officials to put in their best effort to enhance the production through the best uses of the existingnatural resources. Emphasis should be given to habituating the farmers to modern cultivation method along with using quality seed through establishing projection plots of improved technologies for enhancing pulse output.
Additional Director Office of Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) organized the regional workshop styled "Farmers level Production, Preservation and Distribution of High yielding Seed of Pulse, Oil-seed and Onion Project" at NCDP conference hall in Rajshahi city.
Additional Director Abdul Hannan and Additional Director (Monitoring and Implementation) Dr Alhash Uddin addressed the workshop as chief and special guests respectively with Deputy Director Joynal Abedeen in the chair.
Director of the project Nazrul Islam addressed the workshop as focal person highlighting the aspects of boosting seed production of the crops.
DAE Deputy Directors Satyabrata Shaha and Deb Dulal Dhali and District Seed Certification Officers Sirajul Islam and Saleh Ahmed also spoke.
More than 84 district and upazila level agricultural officials, researchers and farmers from four districts in the region attended the workshop.
Additional Director Abul Hannan said the agricultural extension and research officials have a vital role to play for accelerating the country's agro-production including the pulses and oil-seed and urged them to reach the innovated technologies and modern know-how at the doorstep of the farmers so that they could derive the benefits of those properly. Considering the agricultural environment and socio-economic condition of the region, he said the rice-lentil/mustard-mungbean crop-diversification method should be promoted at the grassroots as it has been adjudged as profit making, cost-effective and timesaving.

Boosting farmers level seed production stressed

RAJSHAHI: Agricultural extension officials and scientists at a daylong workshop here on Saturday underlined the need for an integrated effort to boost the farmers level seed production of pulse, oilseed and onion to meet gradually increasing domestic demands of the crops, reports BSS. They viewed the region including its vast Barind tract is very suitable for seed production and urged the field level extension officials to put in their best effort to enhance the production through the best uses of the existingnatural resources. Emphasis should be given to habituating the farmers to modern cultivation method along with using quality seed through establishing projection plots of improved technologies for enhancing pulse output. Additional Director Office of Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) organized the regional workshop styled Farmers level Production, Preservation and Distribution of High yielding Seed of Pulse, Oil-seed and Onion Project at NCDP conference hall in Rajshahi city. Additional Director Abdul Hannan and Additional Director (Monitoring and Implementation) Dr Alhash Uddin addressed the workshop as chief and special guests respectively with Deputy Director Joynal Abedeen in the chair. Director of the project Nazrul Islam addressed the workshop as focal person highlighting the aspects of boosting seed production of the crops. DAE Deputy Directors Satyabrata Shaha and Deb Dulal Dhali and District Seed Certification Officers Sirajul Islam and Saleh Ahmed also spoke. More than 84 district and upazila level agricultural officials, researchers and farmers from four districts in the region attended the workshop. Additional Director Abul Hannan said the agricultural extension and research officials have a vital role to play for accelerating the countrys agro-production including the pulses and oil-seed and urged them to reach the innovated technologies and modern know-how at the doorstep of the farmers so that they could derive the benefits of those properly. Considering the agricultural environment and socio-economic condition of the region, he said the rice-lentil/mustard-mungbean crop-diversification method should be promoted at the grassroots as it has been adjudged as profit making, cost-effective and timesaving.