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35.24 lakh tonnes Boro rice expected in Rajshahi division
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RAJSHAHI, Dec 19, 2020 (BSS)- Around 35.24 lakh tonnes of irri-boro rice are expected to be produced from 8.10 lakh hectares of land in all eight districts of the division during the current season, officials said.
Target has been set to produce 31.86 lakh tonnes of high yielding varieties of rice from 7.44 lakh hectares of land, 3.27 lakh tonnes of hybrid varieties from 61,680 hectares and 7,930 tonnes of local varieties from 3,965 hectares of land.
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has set the target of producing 15.34 lakh tonnes of rice from 3.53 lakh hectares of land in four districts of Rajshahi Agricultural Zone, while 19.88 lakh tonnes from 4.57 lakh hectares in four other districts of Bogura Agricultural Zone.
IRRI promoting sustainable intensification of agriculture in coastal areas
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International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has launched the second phase of a project to promote innovation for sustainable intensification of agriculture in the coastal areas of Bangladesh.
The project titled Pathways of scaling of agricultural innovations for sustainable intensification in the polders of coastal Bangladesh was officially launched at a virtual workshop today, said a press release.
In the first phase of the project that ran from 2015-2019, the focus was on unlocking the potential of polder communities in coastal Bangladesh through improved resource use and diversified cropping systems.