CropsBarishal's Aman and Aus planting passes target: 117,787 hectares of transplanted Aman, 62,187 of them high-yielding
The Department of Agricultural Extension counts 62,187 hectares of HYV and 55,600 of local Aman across ten upazilas and the city, plus 3,017 hectares of Aus (1,155 in Mehendiganj) and 2,705 of vegetables; HYV paddy averages about 2.5 tonnes a hectare against 1.5 for local varieties, pulling farmers