Bangladesh: Char people happy getting bumper crop output

Published 2021년 5월 16일

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The article highlights the success of the riverside and char communities in the Rangpur agricultural region in combating the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic through a bumper crop yield from char lands. These areas, previously unsuitable for cultivation due to flooding and erosion, have seen significant expansion in crop cultivation, including a million hectares during the recent Rabi season. The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has played a key role in providing assistance and technologies, leading to increased self-reliance and improved livelihoods for around 50,000 families. The article concludes with firsthand accounts from community members about their successful harvests this season.

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RANGPUR, May 16, 2021 (BSS) – The riverside and char people are happy getting bumper production of various crops cultivated on char lands in Rangpur agriculture region this season to tackle the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic situation. Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said crop cultivation on char lands is expanding every year cutting poverty and improving livelihoods of char people living in riverine areas of the region. The char people had cultivated various crops on around one-lakh hectares of char lands in all five districts of the region during the just-ended Rabi season and safely completed harvest last week with bumper yield before commencement of the rainy season. They had mostly cultivated pumpkin, mustard, watermelon, ‘kawn’, onion, garlic, chili, pulses, potatoes and other vegetables, maize, wheat, squash, gourd, capsicum, Boro rice, groundnut, banana and many other crops on these lands. “The char and riverside people have already completed ...

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sanstha