RANGPUR: The farmers produced 41,305 tonnes of mustard oil-seed after completing harvest of the crop recently in all five districts under Rangpur agriculture region, reports BSS.

Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said a target of producing 52,683 tonnes of mustard was fixed from 40,525 hectares of land in all five districts under Rangpur agriculture region during the just-ended Rabi season.

However, the farmers cultivated mustard on 31,873 hectares of land, 8,652 hectares or 21.35 percent less than the fixed cultivation target (40,525 hectares of land) of the crop during the last Rabi season in the region.

The farmers finally cultivated mustard on 6,105 hectares of land in Rangpur, 6,990 hectares in Gaibandha, 12,853 hectares in Kurigram, 1,795 hectares in Lalmonirhat and 4,130 hectares of land in Nilphamari districts under the region.