Bangladesh achieves 100% Aman cultivation target

Cent percent target for cultivating paddy has been achieved in the current Aman season, according to an official release said on Saturday.

This year, the plantation target is 59.20 lakh hectares and the production target has been set at 1.63 crore metric tons of rice.
Last year, the paddy was cultivated in 57.20 lakh hectares of land and 1.50 cr tons of rice was produced, it added.

Recently, in a programme held in Mymensingh, Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque mentioned that the uncertainty in Aman production is over.

"Aman production may be higher than last year if no natural calamity takes place in the country," he added.