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Among the rest 38 percent, 14 percent paddy is now ripe and ready for harvesting while 24 percent is not fully ripe yet, said a handout on Tuesday.
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It said Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque will visit Dakhshin Sunamganj, Sadar and Tahirpur upazila in Sunamganj district on Wednesday to see for himself the paddy harvesting there and thus encourage the farmers.
According to statistics provided by the Department of Agricultural Extension, Boro paddy was cultivated on 4,45,399 hectares of land in seven haor districts –Kishoreganj, Netrakona, Sunamganj, Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Sylhet and Brahmanbaria.
Of the districts, paddy has been harvested from 2.74 lakh hectares of land as of April 27, the handout added.