Upazila Agriculture Officer Shafiullah Sultan said there was a target to cultivate 3,000 hectares of land in the upazila but the farmers cultivated on around 3,500 hectares. The DAE has already intensified steps to enhance onion production, encouraging the farmers in general to mitigate the crisis of the item. The farmers have also been seen showing interest in onion farming alongside paddy, wheat, maize and winter vegetables, amid the massive demand and exorbitant price of the crop in the present market. Agriculturist Islam said around 14,000 farmers were given seeds and fertilizers as incentives for onion farming on 4,250 bighas of land in the division under the current rabi season’s agricultural incentive program. Each of the farmers got the support for onion farming on ten decimal of land.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 27, 2020 14:26 UTC