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Laxmipur has gained fame as the capital of Satabin, which is produced in 75 to 80 percent of the country's Satabin Lakshmipur.
However, due to the effect of water changes, natural calamities, seed shortage, increase in seed prices, rainwater accumulation in the land during the current Rabi season, last year due to heavy crop loss due to rain and water of farmers are under threat due to lack of capital of farmers.
It is known from the farmers and agriculture department that last year, Laxmipur district was planted in 50 thousand 500 hectares of land. Just a few days before the harvest was harvested, the heavy rains of six days from April 19 to April 24.
accounting cost It can be seen that the local farmers have suffered a loss of Tk 252 crore in that disaster. Since then, the farmers have been affected by the capital. Also, the farmers have not been able to collect the seeds and the seeds are destroyed. Due to the current season, there is a shortage of seeds in the market. The price is also high.
It's going to be the season of the sun. It's going to be 16 November to 15 March. This season, the vast area of Lakshmipur is about to be cultivated. But last December 7 to December 10, the land of the rain crops is going to be drowned in the rain.
The farmers said that the crops were destroyed last year, there was a financial crisis. In the field, the seeds were destroyed. The seeds crisis, the price of the market is also high. Even if the month of the season is over, it is not possible to plow the land.
Laxmipur Agriculture Extension Directorate Deputy Director Belal Hossain Khan said that the land has accumulated water in the rain of Assam, which is why the farmers could not cultivate the land as the same. If the planting of the seeds of Satabin is delayed, there will be a risk of crop damage due to the rainfall in the last year.
No.akhali Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin Chowdhury said that the cultivation of sautabine is going to be in severe crisis. Last year, 50,000 hectares of land has been submerged under water.
He said that in some lands in the north of the country, the cultivation of saatin has been cultivated but it is insufficient compared to the demand, and the reason for this is that the agricultural scientists believe that the acute shortage of the seeds of the seeds is expected to be under threat due to the change in the water.