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A ‘field day’ was held here this morning to select high-yielding indigenous rice varieties for cultivation. The event was organized by the Tushaipar Farmers' Organization with the support from the research and resource center of BARCIK, a non-governmental non-profitable organization.
A total of 21 farmers from various upazilas of Netrokona district participated in the field day. Farmers cultivated 40 varieties of Boro paddy on a plot of land using only organic fertilizer for research purposes in Rameswarpur village of Atpara Upazila in the district.
After observing the panicles of the 40 rice varieties, they selected a total of eight strains: four indigenous varieties and four breed by the farmers themselves. The selected indigenous rice varieties are “Desi Jira”, “Choraiksha”, “Banshful”, and “Puittaijong”. The farmer-breed varieties chosen from the research are “Junty”, “M252”, “Parija”, and “DS 3,4”.
All of these selected varieties are new and high-yielding, no need for other chemical fertilizers for cultivating these varieties.
Source: Online/GFMM
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