Boro cultivation on 4,000 hectares uncertain
Cultivation of Boro on about 4,000 hectares of land in the current season seems uncertain due to permanent waterlogging along the Bhabadaha region in Jashore's Monirampur upazila.
Alongside loss of seedbeds, increased prices of fertilizers, electricity and diesel are the other reasons behind the setback.
Local farmers are currently in utter frustration as Boro has been cultivated in only 55 hectares of land so far this season.
Locals said about 15 beels (waterbodies) around Monirampur upazila remain waterlogged for nearly half of the year. They said most of the houses, educational institutions and other infrastructures in the low land area are still submerged in water.
Farmer Abdur Rahim of Bhabdahapar said Boro cultivation on his five bighas land still uncertain as most of the seedlings and seedbed got damaged due to stagnant water.
Farmers' leader Paritosh Biswas said farmers in the region can grow only one crop a year, but it too looks uncertain due to waterlogging.
Monirampur Upazila Deputy Assistant Plant Protection Officer Pradeep Kumar Biswas said current Boro season has started from December last year and will continue till the first week of February this year.
But, persistent water logging may affect Boro cultivation on 4,000 hectares of land under the upazila this season, he said, adding that they have a target to bring 27,500 hectares under Boro cultivation this season.
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