Enthusiastic farmers have engaged their full efforts in transplanted Aman (T-Aman) farming everywhere in eight districts under Rajshahi division amid favourable climate and sufficient rainfall, official sources said.

"The prevailing weather remains favourable and helps the farmers complete transplantation of Aman seedlings this season timely," Additional Director of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Fazlur Rahman told the news agency Friday.

He said the farmers had cultivated aman paddy on around 3.95 lakh hectares of land out of target 3.72 lakh hectares in Rajshahi, Naogaon, Natore and Chapainawabganj districts during the current season.

Fazlur Rahman said most of the farming fields now wore an eye-catching look. In some areas, harvesting of the short-duration varieties especially Brridhan-48 and zinc-enriched Brridhan-62 was started creating job opportunities for many unemployed people. The frequent moderate to heavy rainfalls have made the farmers busy in transplanting the seedlings everywhere and the concerned government departments including the DAE provided all necessary assistances to the farmers.

"Though there is adequate rainwater, the Barind Multipurpose Development Authorities (BMDA) is ready to provide supplementary irrigation if required," DAE officials said.

In addition, the farmers are keeping thousands of their shallow tube wells ready for supplementary irrigation if any drought situation begins during the transplantation and farming period of the major cereal crop in the region, they said.