Farmers in Madaripur are celebrating a bumper Aman harvest, with vast fields across the district shimmering with golden paddy.
As harvesting reaches its peak, villages have turned festive, filled with the sounds of sickles and threshing machines. Farmers say favourable weather has contributed to an excellent yield this season, although many remain concerned about getting fair prices in the market.
Across Madaripur Sadar, Rajair, Kalkini, Dasar and Shibchar upazilas, fields are busy with harvesting and threshing.
Farmers and farm labourers are working from dawn to dusk as homes begin filling with freshly cut rice. The golden paddy bending across the fields has become a symbol of renewed hope, with families preparing to welcome the traditional Nabanno season.
Sadar upazila’s Mobarakdi village farmer Asad Molla said that with the arrival of Agrahayon, households start the annual celebration of bringing in new rice and preparing winter delicacies such as pitha and payesh, a tradition reflected widely across Madaripur this year.
According to the Madaripur District Agriculture Office, farmers exceeded the expected cultivation target by a significant margin.
The initial target for Aman cultivation was 22,610 hectares, whereas the final cultivated area reached 24,300 hectares. Madaripur Sadar, Kalkini, Dasar, Rajair and Shibchar all recorded higher-than-targeted plantation areas, indicating strong agricultural participation and favourable farming conditions throughout the district.
District agriculture officer Rahima Khatun said that 3,150 farmers received fertiliser and seeds under an incentive programme and that improved seeds were also supplied through the revenue budget.
She said the weather remained favourable, crops faced no major pest attacks and the overall yield had been strong, raising expectations that farmers would be able to bring home their harvest and secure good prices in the market.
