70pc Boro paddy harvested in haor areas

Seventy per cent of the Boro paddy in haor areas have been harvested, the agriculture ministry has said,

Fifty five per cent in Sylhet, 70 per cent in Moulvibazar, 67 per cent in Habiganj, 73 per cent in Sunamganj, 58 per cent in Kishoreganj, 77 per cent in Netrokona and 67 per cent in Brahmanbaria of Boro paddy were harvested, according to a press release of agriculture ministry on Monday.

Boro paddies were sown on 452,000 hectare in haor areas of seven districts this year. And a total of 953,000 hectares of Boro paddy has been cultivated in the highland outside of the haors. The production target is 4.0 million tonnes of rice, reports UNB citing the release.

Recently, Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque launched the Boro paddy harvest in haor areas of Sunamganj ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.

At the time, he said if there was no natural disaster and rice can be brought home on time, there will be record production in Boro this year.

He also said only in Sunamganj, around 1,000 combined paddy harvesters are working, adding that there will be no problem in harvesting paddy this time.

According to the Department of Agricultural Extension, Boro has been sown on 5.0 million hectares of land across the country this year, while the production target is 21.5 million tonnes of rice. In the last fiscal year 2021-22, Boro rice was sown on 48,14,000 hectares, and about 20.2 million tonnes of rice were produced, the release said.