Massive programme for cultivating winter vegetables

The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken up a massive programme to cultivate winter vegetables in all ten upazila of the district during the current Rabi season.

The DAE office sources said under the program, a target has been designed to produce 1.65 lakh tonnes of winter vegetables from 6,500 hectares of land in ten upazilas of the district.

Growers have already cultivated winter vegetables on 6250 hectares of land and they have continued rendering field-level service to cultivate vegetables on the rest of the targeted land within the next fortnight.

Deputy director of DAE FM Mubarak Ali said farmers are showing their keen interest for cultivating winter vegetables like cauliflowers, cabbage, bean, cucumber, sweet gourd, bottle gourd potol, brinjal, tomato and amaranthus in the district as the farm lands of the district is suitable for vegetable cultivation and they can earn more cash money easily by selling these in the local markets.

“Apart from these, the cultivators are coming forward to cultivate winter vegetables as the government inspired them by ensuring proper supply of iproved quality seeds, fertilizers and other agricultural equipment at fair prices at the door-steps of the farmers through different state –run agencies including BCIC and BADC”, he said.

The field-level officials and crops specialists of DAE have continued working to educate the vegetables growers for taking modern methods of the vegetables cultivation through using latest technologies and reducing production costs, the deputy director informed.