BINA-21 Paddy Cultivation | Farmers of Cumilla are Happy

This new variety of rice (BINA-21) cultivation is less time consuming with less cost. It can survive long droughts. The yield is also doubled. Farmers are getting success in BINA-21 cultivation without Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA).

Recently, Dr. Mohammad Ashiqur Rahman, Senior Scientific Officer and Acting Officer of BINA Comilla Sub-Center, Fahmina Yasmin, Senior Scientific Officer (Department of Plant Breeding) and Scientific Officer Agronomist Mohammad Jewel Sarkar visited the cultivation field. In the field inspection, they saw that the farmer got 5.5 tons of paddies per hectare of land by cultivating BINA-21. In this auspicious season, by cultivating other variety of paddy, they get 3 tons of per hectare. The main season of the crop is yielding like BORO variety.

According to sources, this BINA Dhan-21 was invented from the Neriko-10 variety of rice in Africa. Neriko yields would have been lower. Director General of BINA, Mr. Mirza Mofazzal Islam researched and increased its yield. The height of that variety rice plants was more or less. They are made equal. The size of the paddy is thinned. For the first time without BINA-21, experimental cultivation has been done in 50 hectares of land in Comilla field. It has yielded good yields. It is hoped that in the coming Aush season, the cultivation of BINA Dhan-21 will increase in Cumilla region.

Some farmers of Daya Rampur village in Burichang upazila and from Rampur village in Cumilla Sadar upazila who are cultivating this variety said that they have cultivated BINA Dhan-21 for the first time. At first there was tension over the yield. But there was good yield for the first time. They said that they will cultivate this paddy in more lands in future. Other farmers are also interested in cultivating this variety.

Fahmina Yasmin, Senior Scientific Officer (Department of Plant Breeding) said that the people of Cumilla are amateurs. They like to eat thin rice. Rice from the BINA-21 is also thin. Due to this the farmers will get good profit in this paddy cultivation. Besides, this rice can survive for 20 days without water and will remain silent for 20 days. If it gets water, it will grow again. Dr. Mohammad Ashiqur Rahman, Senior Scientific Officer and Acting Officer said that many lands are lying vacant during the Aush season. Many farmers do not want to cultivate paddy in this season because of low yield.

In other paddy cultivation, the previous yield per hectare was 3 and a quarter tons. Farmers are getting 5 and half tons of paddies per hectare with BINA Dhan-21 cultivation. Besides, due to short life span of paddy, it is possible to grow four crops in one land. Meanwhile, there is no other cost including irrigation in this paddy cultivation.

Director General of BINA, Mirza Mofazzal Islam said that this Bina Dhan-21 was invented from the Neriko-10 variety of rice in Africa. The Neriko yields would have been lower. So the interest of the farmers was less. Yield is increased by applying gamma rays. The height of the plant is equaled to less and more. The size of coarse paddy is thinned. So the interest of farmers in this paddy cultivation has increased. It is hoped that in the coming Aush season all the high lands will be laughed at with BINA-21. The country's food production will be increasing.

 

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