More land under jute cultivation this year
BSS
NARSINGDI: The farmers of the district have brought a vast area of land under jute cultivation in the current season as they were encouraged by fair price of jute last year, reports BSS. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said 3,411 hectares of land have been brought under the cultivation with the production target of 33,914 bales of jute during the current season. DAE official said of the total land, Tosa variety was cultivated on 1,834 hectares of land, Masta on 34 hectares, Kalap on 970 hectares and local variety on 573 hectare of land. Deputy Director of DAE Latafat Hossain said farmers have been showing more interest in farming jute this season as they got fair price of jute last year. Besides, the DAE also encouraging the farmers to cultivate jute, the cash crop by adopting modern technology. Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) has taken measures to provide the farmers with High Yielding varieties of seeds, fertilizers and insecticides and other agri-inputs for jut cultivation.
