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The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a target of producing over 7.10 lakh bales of jute from 65,260 hectares of land for the current season in Rangpur, Kurigram, Gaibandha, Lalmonirhat and Nilphamari districts under Rangpur region. Under the programme, the farmers to produce over 6.57 lakh bales of ‘Tosha’ variety jute fibre from 59,509 hectares of land and 53,255 bales of ‘Deshi’ variety fibre from 5,751 hectares of land in the region this year.
According to the DAE sources, harvest of the fibre crop will begin from the next month.
