Peanut sowing has begun on the Jamuna chars of Sirajganj. The district has set a target of 5,900 hectares of peanut this year, and seed has been sown on 750 hectares so far, according to the Department of Agricultural Extension.
Farmers are busy on Kawakholar char in Sadar upazila; Khaskaulia, Ghorjan, Hatghorjan and Dhitpur chars in Chauhali; and Belkuchi char, Charbel, Khudrachapri, Ajgara and Ratankandi in Belkuchi. In the district peanuts are grown in Kazipur, Chauhali, Shahjadpur, Belkuchi and Sadar upazilas, most of all in Chauhali and Sadar.
Bisha Sheikh, a peanut grower on Belutia char in Sadar upazila, and farmer Abdur Rahman said there had been little flooding this year. They began sowing as soon as the water went down; seedlings are up in many fields and look healthy. Alim, a farmer on Baghutia char in Chauhali, expects a better profit than last year.
A K M Monjure Moula, deputy director of the Department of Agricultural Extension in Sirajganj, said char farmers had started sowing as they do every year and officials were advising them. With favourable weather he expects a bumper crop.
The report is by Krishi Shomoy's Sirajganj correspondent.
Photo: Sanvi Ahmed Saim / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Source: Krishi Shomoy
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