Farmers in the district have started jute cultivation with the production target of 3,42,899 bales of jute this year. According to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources farmers already sowed jute seed on about 11,120 hectares of land yesterday. According to DAE office sources, the Jute cultivation target was fixed on 29,120 hectares of land in the district this year. The office said farmers will cultivate four varieties of jute this year. The varieties are local, Tosha, Mesta, and Kenaf.
The office said the Tosha variety of jute will be cultivated on 26,500 hectares of land with a production target of 3,18,000 bales while the local variety on 2,100 hectares with a production target of 20,013 bales, the kenaf variety on 450 hectares with a production target 4,276 bales and Mesta variety jute on 70 hectares with a production target 610 bales. The office said the cultivation target of jute was fixed on 9,360 hectares in Islampur upazila, 5,515 hectares in Dewanganj, 4,385 hectares in Sarishabari, 3,330 hectares in Jamalpur Sadar upazila, 2,480 hectares in Madarganj, 2,415 hectares in Bakshiganj and 1635 hectares in Melandah.
Additional Deputy Director, DAE, Muhammad Harun-Or-Rashid said 13,600 small and marginal farmers in all the seven upazilas of the district got incentives for Jute cultivation. He said under the incentive program each of the farmers got one kilogram of jute seed for one Bigha land cultivation.
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