Farmers see bumper potato production

District Correspondent, JESSORE, Mar 3: Farmers of ten south-western districts under Khulna division see bumper potato production in this current season.

The ten districts are-Jessore, Narail, Jhenidha, Magura, Kushtia, Chuadanga, Meherpur, Satkhira, Khulna and Bagerhat.
Sources in the Department of Agricultural Extention (DAE) said the farmers and the officials had targeted 2,60,286 tons of quality potato from 13,240 hectares of land in south-western region this season.

District wise cultivation and production target follows as: 2,725 hectares brought under potato cultivation with production target of 53,571 tons in Jessore, 19 hectares with production target of 374 tons in Narail, 57 hectares with production target of 1,121 tons in Magura, 1,287 hectares with production target of 25,301 tons in Jhenidha,  2,508 hectares with production target of 49,698 tons in Kushtia, 1,099 hectares with production target of 21,605 tons in Meherpur, 1,462 hectares with production target of 28,742 tons in Chuadanga, 360 hectares with production target of 7,077 tons in Khulna, 3,220 hectares with production target of 63,302 tons in Satkhira and 483 hectares with production target of 9,495 tons in Bagerhat.

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