38,443 hectares of land brought under wheat cultivation

A total of 38,443 hectares of land have been devoted to wheat cultivation in this season in the six southwestern districts.

Farmers in the districts have been sustaining busy times for garnering wheat plants on fields.

The government had set a target to cultivate wheat in 34,339 hectares of land in the Jashore Agriculture Zone.

More than 4,104 hectares of lands in Jashore, Jhenaidah, Magura, Kushtia, Chuadanga and Meherpur have been cultivated this year.

Jashore Department of Agriculture Extension sources said wheat has been cultivated on 13654 hectares of land in Kushtia, 12,775 hectares in Meherpur, 5,210 hectares in Magura, 5,173 hectares in Jhenaidah, 1,700 hectares in Chudanga and 624 hectares of land in Jashore district.

Additional Director at Jashore Department of Agriculture Extension Md Aminul Islam said they are expecting bumper wheat crops if natural disasters are unseen.

He also said farmers in the districts were trained; they had been served rich seeds and fertilizers to cultivate wheat.