The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has launched a rice seedling transplanter machine for transplantation of Boro rice in Nageshwari upazila of Kurigram.
DAE Agriculturist Abdur Rashid opened the Boro rice seedling transplantation using a rice seedling transplanter in village Kodomertol in Hasnabad union of the upazila on Wednesday afternoon as the chief guest.
Nageshwari Upazila Nirbahi Officer Nur Ahmmed Masum presided over a function arranged on the occasion under the Agriculture Incentive Programme of the DAE for local farmers.
Upazila Agriculture Officer Agriculturist Md Shahriar Hossain, Agriculture Extension Officers Selina Afroz and Tanzima Khatun, Sub-assistant Agriculture Officers Akhter Jamil, Shafikul Islam, and Abdul Alim addressed the occasion.
Agriculturist Shahriar Hossain said local farmers would get the benefits of transplantation of Boro rice seedlings on their crop-lands using rice transplanter machines during this Boro season.
“Rice transplanter machines ensure uniform depth of transplanted seedlings that make sure healthier and faster growth of tender plants and increase 20 per cent Boro rice yield and reduce farming cost by 20 per cent,” he said.
Agriculturalist Rashid narrated the benefits of using rice transplanter machines, the adoption of which reduces the time between crop harvesting and next crop planting due to increasing crop intensity under changing climatic patterns.
He urged all concerned for making the best use of rice seedling transplanter machines to enhance Boro rice production at reduced costs to ensure national food security.
