Dhaka, Sept. 2 -- Farmers have produced 1,84,603 tonnes of clean Aush rice (2,76,905 tonnes in terms of paddy) in all five districts of Rangpur agriculture region during the just-ended Kharif-1 season.

Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said a target of producing 1,91,460 tonnes of clean Aush rice (2,87,190 tonnes in terms of paddy) from 63,255 hectares of land for Rangpur agriculture region this time.

"However, farmers finally brought 61,163 hectares of land under Aush rice cultivation, less by 2,092 hectares against the fixed farming target," Additional Director of the DAE for Rangpur region MdSirajul Islam.

Farmers completed harvesting their cultivated Aush rice last week producing 1,84,603 tonnes of clean r...