Officials said the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has already taken a project titled “Enhancing Crop Intensity in Greater Mymensingh Region Project” under the plan. Under the project, the cultivation of new and high-value crops and bringing fallow lands, char and haor areas under cultivation in 60 upazilas of six districts of the region will be promoted. “We’re taking crop intensity projects for different regions. It will be done through modernizing the cropping pattern or sequence of crops cultivation in a land (including high-value crops and ones that require less irrigation), raising the productivity to 82% by using agricultural technology. Besides, it will play a role in incorporating new crops, bringing fallow lands under cultivation, enhancing the production, offsetting the climate change-related risks by using the appropriate technology, cultivating high-value crops, the officials added.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 27, 2020 15:10 UTC