Super bumper sunflower seed output in Rangpur, Bangladesh

Published 2021년 5월 18일

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In the Rangpur agricultural region, farmers have achieved a super bumper production of 1,407 tonnes of sunflower seeds, which is 154 percent higher than the set target, covering 1,407 hectares of land. This production surge is attributed to the Department of Agricultural Extension's incentives and post-flood rehabilitation efforts that encouraged more farming. However, farmers are currently facing challenges as local middlemen are offering only Taka 50 per kg for sunflower seeds, instead of the expected Taka 80 per kg. The Department is assisting farmers in preserving the seeds and producing oil from them to ensure fair pricing and local self-reliance.

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RANGPUR, May 18, 2021 (BSS) – Braving the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, farmers achieved a super bumper output of 1,407 tonnes of sunflower seeds, 154 percent higher against the fixed production target, in Rangpur agriculture region. Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said a target of farming sunflower on 265 hectares of land had been fixed to produce 555 tonnes of oil seeds for the region during the just-ended Rabi season. “However, farmers had cultivated the crop on 1,407 hectares of land in the region exceeding the fixed farming target by 5.31 times or 431 percent,” Additional Director of the DAE at its regional office Agriculturist Bibhubhushan Roy told BSS today. Earlier, the DAE provided incentive and post-flood agriculture rehabilitation assistance to 14,300 farmers of Rangpur, Gaibandha, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat and Nilphamari districts in the region in terms of seeds and fertilisers free of cost to expand sunflower cultivation. “After completing ...

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sanstha