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Discussion meeting with farmers to increase production of oil crops in Ishwarganj

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  • 10 October, 2022 04:28:04

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Ubaidullah Rumi, Ishwarganj (Mymensingh):  An exchange meeting was held with the farmers to increase production of oil crops in Ishwarganj, Mymensingh to reduce import dependency of edible oil. The exchange meeting was held on Sunday organized by the Upazila Agriculture Extension Department.  

It is known that the chief guest of the exchange meeting with the farmers of Paikura village of Barahit union of the upazila was to increase the production of oil crops.

Mymensingh District Deputy Director Agronomist Matiuzzaman presided over the exchange meeting and Mymensingh Region Additional Director Agronomist Ashraf Uddin was present as a special guest. Upazila Agriculture Officer Agriculturist Nusrat Zaman. 

Farmers of Paikura village and its surroundings along with Additional Agriculture Officer, Agricultural Extension Officer, Sub-Assistant Agricultural Officer were present. In the discussion meeting, the farmers expressed their commitment to increase mustard cultivation.

Agriculturist Habibur Rahman Chowdhury, director of the Agriculture Extension Department's surface wing, said, "We want to reduce the import of edible oil." We want to make the country self-sufficient in oil production. He stressed on cultivation of short-lived seedlings Aman paddy (Bri paddy 71, Bri paddy 87) and improved varieties of mustard (Bari mustard-14, Bari mustard-17) by which we can achieve self-sufficiency in oil production.

 

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