<div style="text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Ninety seven percent of the Boro paddy in haor areas have been harvested, said the Agriculture Ministry on Sunday.</span><br></b></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This year, a total of 4,53,400 hectares of land in seven haor districts -Sylhet, Moulvibazar, Sunamganj, Kishoreganj, Netrakona and Brahmanbaria- were brought under Boro cultivation and so far body paddy on 4.38 lakh hectares land have been harvested while only 33 percent Boro paddy harvested across the country, according to a release of the ministry.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The government is working to make haor crops risk-free and that’s why the government has been providing combine harvesters, and reapers to the haor farmers at 70 percent subsidy, so that ripe paddy can be harvested in a short time, said the release.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This year, a total of 50.58 lakh hectares of land have been brought under boro cultivation across the country, which is over 20,000 hectares more land than the previous year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The ministry also set a target to produce 2.22 crore tonnes of paddy this year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During a visit to Srimangal of Moulvibazar district recently, Agriculture Minister Dr Md. Abdus Shahid said Boro paddy supplies more than half of our total rice production throughout the year and that’s why the government puts importance on Boro cultivation, reports UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To raise the Boro cultivation, the government has provided seeds and fertilizers worth Tk 215 crore at free of cost, he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd/fas</div>