Aman paddy production is expected to surpass the target this year, a trend that could help achieve the national yield forecast and belie ADB's estimate of lower output. Asian Development Bank predicted a drop in agricultural output, which might push the growth of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) down.
Farmers in eight monga prone districts will be able to produce an additional 10 lakh tons of Aman paddy within a couple years by cultivating a new variety of paddy (BINA-7) developed by the Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA).
Plants turning yellowish as lack of TSP causes leaf blight
Prospect of Aman paddy seems bleak in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat districts as paddy plants on vast areas of land are attacked with diseases caused by lack of Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) and Murate of Potash (MoP).
