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Record 24.86 lakh tonnes potato produced in Rangpur region
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RANGPUR, April 7, 2021 (BSS) – Braving the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, farmers produced an all-time record 24.86 lakh tonnes of potato in all five districts of Rangpur agriculture region during the current Rabi season.
Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said a target of producing over 23.67 lakh tonnes of potato was fixed from 93,350 hectares of land for the region this season.
“However, farmers finally cultivated potatoes on 97,315 hectares of land exceeding the fixed farming target by 3,965 hectares or 4.25 percent,” Additional Director of the DAE for Rangpur region Agriculturist Khandker Abdul Wahed, told BSS today.