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January
8, 2001
Sunamganj, Jan 7 (UNB)- Seed scarcity is poised to hamper Boro cultivation on vast tracts of land in Tahirpur upazila in the current season.
The farmers of the upazila apprehend that some 50,000 hectares of land out of the targeted 1.65 lakh hectares will remain fallow due to the seed scarcity.
Farmers said last year’s devastating flood caused havoc to 90 percent standing Boro crops in haor areas of the upazila. As a result, they failed to store seeds.
As the farmers could not harvest their paddy last year, most of them had been leading inhuman life. They were forced to sell their households and bullocks to maintain their livelihood.
Although now is the proper time to cultivate Boro crops, many farmers could not even prepare their seedbeds due to the seed scarcity.
Agriculture Extension Department sources said they have set a target to bring some 1.65 lakh hectares of land under Boro farming.
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