Farmers in the Jagatgati block of Dhukuria village, Shialkol union, in Sirajganj Sadar upazila have grown high-yielding transplanted aman on 50 acres as a cooperative and harvested it by machine. The upazila agriculture office held a field day on Wednesday afternoon to encourage other farmers, the state news agency BSS reports. BSS gives the variety as "B-103".
The field day was held under the Rajshahi Division agricultural development project in the Kharif-2 season of the 2025-26 financial year. The chief guest, Deputy Commissioner Md Aminul Islam, opened the programme by cutting rice alongside farmers.
Deputy director of the district Department of Agricultural Extension AKM Monjure Maola, additional deputy director Md Anwar Sadat and Sadar upazila agriculture officer SM Nasim Hossain were among the officials present.
Speakers said modern farm machinery and high-yielding seed raise output while lowering the cost of cultivation and dependence on hired labour. When farmers raised shortages of fertiliser, seed and workers, officials promised to give them serious attention.
Speakers expected the cooperative, machine-based farming of large blocks to help raise production and spread modern technology.
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Source: BSS
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