Aman yield to exceed target: officials, This year, Bangladesh is almost guaranteed to surpass its goal for producing Aman, the second-most important rice variety in the nation. According to officials, the yield of the staple crop will likely be nearly 20% higher than expected.
Aman yield to exceed target: officials
“We expect the aman production this year will be 15 to 20 percent higher than the projected output,” a Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) spokesman toold.
Aman yield is now probably going to be over 170 million tonnes, as opposed to an estimated yield of 163 million tonnes, according to additional director for DAE’s field service wing Mohammad Abduhu. His remarks came as this important crop was being harvested across more than 59 lakh hectares of land in the nation, with farmers anticipating finishing the picking process in the following 45 days.
Aman produces 38 percent of the overall rice yield and ranks second behind boro, according to DAE officials, whereas just 18 percent of the grain has reportedly been harvested thus far. Contrary to the fears that the storm could have impacted the aman output, Abduhu and his colleagues in the DAE claim that the late fall downpour partly driven by cyclonic winds greatly contributed to the higher yield.
Compared to the previous two years, he said, the per-hectare production target was higher, but “the actual production now appears to have exceeded even the elevated target.” Abdul Muyeed, a former director general of the DAE, claimed that they had been concerned about the aman output because of a recent draught-like condition that could have led to a fungus infection, especially if the paddy had been in the milking or flouring stages. However, the rains ultimately avoided any such situation.
“It (cyclone SITRANG) rather appeared as a blessing,” he said.
According to official statistics, this year’s total aman area coverage was over 59.06 lakh hectares, compared to 57.20 lakh and 56.25 lakh hectares for the previous two years. According to the FAO report, Bangladesh maintained its third-place ranking by continuing to produce rice, with a yield of 37.4 million tonnes in 2020 and 37.8 million tonnes in 2021.