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Farmers busy preparing seedbeds in Tarash ahead of Boro rice season
Tarash Representative:
In the upazila of Sirajganj, famous for its food grain reserves, farmers are busy preparing seedbeds for Boro rice seedlings in crop fields in eight unions and one municipality of the upazila, ahead of the Iri-Boro rice season.
According to the Tarash Upazila Agriculture Office, a target of 22,510 hectares of land has been set for Boro paddy cultivation in 8 unions and one municipality of the upazila. Seed beds have already been prepared in 1,340 hectares of land. 17 hectares of land can be planted from one hectare of seed bed.
Golam Rabbani, a farmer from Ranidighi village, said, "If you want to get good seedlings, you definitely have to prepare a good seedbed. That is why farmers are working tirelessly on seedbeds. Basically, Agrahayan and Paush months are the right time to prepare seedbeds for Boro rice. Fertile and irrigated land that receives enough sunlight is selected for the seedbed. Before cultivation, the land has to be prepared well with organic fertilizers. The land is filled with water and the wet seedbed is prepared by making a trench according to the width and length of the land. Before sowing the seeds, the rice has to be kept well-awakened for 48-72 hours, during which time the rice sprouts will grow."
On the other hand, farmer Matin of Dhankunti village said that the germinated seeds have to be sprinkled in the seedbed and sown. To prevent the seedlings from getting damaged due to excessive cold in the Boro rice seedbed, farmers cover the seedlings with white polythene or banana leaves at night to prevent the seedlings from getting damaged. When the sun appears the next morning, the polythene or banana leaf canopy has to be removed again to allow the sunlight to reach the seedbed. Farmers visit the seedbed once every morning to ensure that the seedlings in the seedbed are not susceptible to yellowing and leaf scorch diseases. Farmers also apply urea and gypsum fertilizers to the seedlings as needed. Farmers apply pesticides a week before lifting the seedlings from the seedbed. This protects the seedlings in the seedbed from insect attacks.
Shafiqul Islam, a farmer from Makorshon village in Saguna Union, said, "This year, we will cultivate Boro rice on a smaller area than last year. The prices of all agricultural products, including oil, fertilizer, and pesticides, have increased, so the cost of cultivating rice has increased compared to before. Again, most of the farmers in this region are sharecroppers, who do not have their own land, so they cultivate on lease. The money spent on cultivating rice is not earned by selling rice. Because of the shortage of agricultural laborers and artificial waterlogging in the crop fields, a lot of money is spent on clearing the land."
Tarash Upazila Agriculture Officer Md. Abdullah Al Mamun said that in the past years, Boro rice has been cultivated extensively in this upazila. This year, there was no water in the fields, and mustard has been cultivated on about 11,000 hectares, all this land will also be included in Boro rice. If the weather remains good for a few more days, mustard will also be good, and I hope that Boro rice will also exceed the target level.
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