Bangladesh, bumper mustard output, excellent price make farmers happy

RANGPUR, March 28, 2021 (BSS) – Farmers are happy getting a bumper output of mustard and its excellent market price after completing harvest of the oil seeds last week in Rangpur agriculture region. Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said a target of producing 53,248 tonnes of mustard from 39,150 hectares of land was fixed for all five districts in the region during the current Rabi season. “However, farmers cultivated mustard on 38,433 hectares of land, lees by only 617 hectares of land against the fixed farming target this season,” said Additional Director of the DAE at its Rangpur regional office, Agriculturalist Khandker Abdul Wahed. Farmers finally cultivated mustard on 6,410 hectares of land in Rangpur, 10,600 hectares in Gaibandha, 13,765 hectares in Kurigram, 2,158 hectares in Lalmonirhat and 5,500 hectares of land in Nilphamari districts in the region. “After completing harvest of the crop last week, farmers produced 51,542 tonnes of mustard in ...