Target sets to produce 8.80 lakh tonnes winter veg in Khulna

The DAE has set a target to produce 1,89,621 tonnes of winter vegetables and grains from 14,519 hectares of land in Khulna, 2, 61,497 tonnes from 21,848

he government has fixed a target of producing around 8.80 lakh tonnes of winter vegetables and grains from 1.13 lakh hectares of land in four districts of the Khulna agricultural region during the FY 2023-24.

Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) in Khulna Zone said, a total of 1,13,004 hectares of land have been cultivated with a fixed production target of 8,79,727 tonnes of winter vegetables in the fourdistricts of Khulna during the current season.

The DAE has set a target to produce 1,89,621 tonnes of winter vegetables and grains from 14,519 hectares of land in Khulna, 2, 61,497 tonnes from 21,848

hectares of land in Bagerhat, 2, 99,509 tonnes from 38,945 hectares of landin Satkhira and 1,29,100 tonnes from 37,692 hectares of land in Narail.

While talking to BSS, Mohan Kumar Ghosh, additional director of the DAE of Khulna zone, said the farming of Robi crops starts in the winter season and

its production completes in the summer season as the duration of Robi season is from November to April. 

Farming of most of the seasonal vegetables is completed during the period as the temperature and humidity remains lower than the other period.

Due to the water crisis in summer, farmers have to depend on preserved rain water for cultivation, he said. 

 Amarendra Biswas, the project director of GKBSP of a project of experimental cultivation and exhibition lands at Gopalganj, Khulna, Bagerhat, Satkhira and Pirojpur, said the government has distributed quality seeds and fertilizers as special incentives among the small and marginal farmers to inspire them in expanding the cultivation of Robi crops.