Natore peasants use latest techniques to boost vegetables production

NATORE, Jan 24: Farmers are achieving fresh and good yield of winter vegetables adopting latest production techniques in Natore district.

"I have cultivated bean on 21 decimal of land this season spending Tk 8,500 to pay fartiliser, pesticide and seed cost as well as using technologies," said farmer Nur Islam under Boraigram upazila of the district.

"I am getting expected bumper production by using the technology." he said.

Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said peasants of the district have applied the latest vegetable production techniques on cauliflower, broccoli, bean, French bean, brinjal, BT brinjal, barley, tomato, lettuce, capsicum, sweet potato, pumpkin and spinach. 

They have started achieving fresh and good output adopting latest techiques to produce quality breeder seeds for increasing production of the traditional crops, said deputy director of Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC).

Meanwhile, DAE urged farmers to use latest techniques for production, preservation and utilisation of breeder seeds evolved by Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI).

During a recent visit at Shingra upazila the correspondent found the farmers are taking care at the vegetable cropland enduring rough weather to make the programme a success. They are selling over half tonnes of fresh vegetables every day.

Deputy Director of DAE Rafiqul Islam said, the farmers are growing three to four crops in a land applying latest technologies with assistance of agriculture officers. Farmers can grow three time extra commodities with the technologies, he added.

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