Farmers in Bagherpara, Jashore, fear damage to their Aman rice after sudden storms, rain and in places hail. Rain and gusty wind from Wednesday afternoon into the night flattened most of the rice plants in the fields, and rainwater has collected on much of the land.
Plants in fields where the rice is still green were the worst flattened. Where early-ripening rice had been cut and laid out in the fields, the paddy was soaked, leaving farmers struggling to dry it and bring it home. Farmers say the Habu variety faces the greatest loss, because most of it ripened early and had already been cut and left in the fields.
The damage is reported to be heaviest in the Bil Jaleshwar, Bhagerbil, Habullah, Karimpur, Boalia and Mohiron fields of the upazila. Zahidul Islam, head teacher at Lakshmipur village, said cut paddy suffered most and much of it has been pressed into the mud, so yields will fall and labour costs for gathering the rice will rise.
Bagherpara is reported to have set a target of 16,795 hectares of transplanted Aman for the 2026-27 Kharif-2 season, and the full area was planted. BRRI dhan51 was the most widely grown variety, on 4,023 hectares, followed by BRRI dhan87 on 1,230 hectares, BRRI dhan49 on 1,170 hectares and BRRI dhan103 on 570 hectares. Farmers also grew BRRI dhan34, BRRI dhan75, BINA-7, BINA-17, local and hybrid varieties.
Upazila agriculture officer Saiyeda Nasrin Jahan, however, rejected fears of crop loss. She said the rain had done little damage to the rice and there was no risk of lower yields.
This report is based on a dispatch from Manab Zamin's Bagherpara (Jashore) correspondent.
Source: Manab Zamin
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