Transplantation of T Aman sapling completed in 98 percent land in Jhenaidah. Remaining might be covered within a week.
Adequate rain pour in Bengali month Bhadra has encouraging the farmers to fasten the transplanting activities, said the farmers and the officials of the department of agriculture extension (DAE) in Jhenaidah.
Farmer Abdul Matin of village Bishoykhali in Jhenaidah Sadar upazila when contacted said he had complected the transplanting of T Aman sapling on his two bighas of land in the season, while the work was anyhow delayed due to severe drought since preparing the seedbeds.
Not only that the transplantation was being hampered for the same reason when they could not see rainfall in the initial stage. Atlast their expectation was somehow met. The rainfall in the first week of Bengali month Sraban was encouraging them, Abdul Matin said. Another Anup Chandra of Langalbandh in Shailkupa upazila of Jhenaidah expressed almost same opinion about completion of his transplanting of Taman saplings.
A source related to the office of the deputy director of Jhenaidah DAE said they had fixed target to produce 350,374 tones of rice on a total of 104,333 hectares of land in the season in six Jhenaidah upazilas.
Average yield from each hectare was estimated for 3.36 tones. The farmers in the district had produced the same quantity of rice in the last T-Aman season.
101,816 hectares of land out of target 104,333 hectares was completed till August 25, while the remaining might be covered within a week. Upazila wise target for T-Aman farming was 25,250 hectares in Jhenaidah Sadar, 18,600 hectares in Kaliganj, 6,150 hectares in Kotchandpur, 18,185 hectares in bordering Moheshpur, 24,927 hectares in Shailkupa and remaining 11,221 hectares in Harinakundu upazila, DAE sources said.
DAE deputy director in Jhenaidah Asgar Ali when contacted admitted the sufferings of the farmers since preparing seedbeds due to prolonged drought. He said the field level DAE officials like sub assistant agriculture officers (SAAOs) were advised to stand by the T Aman farmers so that they could minimize the loss caused by severe drought in the season. Ignoring all odds, the farmers will have optimum production of the paddy in the season as they were expecting more rainfall in coming months to reduce the irrigation water supply cost, DAE deputy director said.