Government’s ‘100 Days Employment Generation’ and ‘Integrated

Compost’ Project

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Years of continuous implementation of too much of chemical fertilizers, soil has lost its fertility. Farmers are bound to believe that bio-fertilizer is the most inevitable ingredient for agriculture, now. Their earnest demand is having the full-access to fertilizer. This is no more an entirely unbelievable case or a fantasy- it’s been already well-proved by the workers of the compost project. A particular region, Tekpara in Baghata of Narsingdi District has been chosen for preparing the compost, which is belted all around with water. The pond is full of water-hyacinth, which is being used as the most favourable ingredient. From dawn till the evening, men and women are working hand in hand to pick the water-hyacinth and heaping those aside. The ultra-poor, marginal, landless, unemployed, destitute- no matter how we term them, each of them has an intensive affinity with agriculture. And, these listed people are experiencing the good fruits ofgovernment’s ‘100 Days Employment Generation’ project. And, regarding this, here a ‘Field Day’ is running on, where not only the agro-labourers but also the male and female farmers are learning. Top to bottom of the project is being demonstrated by local Sub-Assistant Agriculture Officer (SAAO), Abdus Satter. Through this process, in three months, 6 kgs of Urea, 10 kgs of Phosphate, 6 kgs of Potash and including everything, 22 kgs of mixed-fertilizer is being produced. This will meet up the fertilizer demand of at least .33 acres of land, which can be implemented on any crop. Works that are to be resolved phase-wise, all of those are now very well understood by all the workers here already. Even, the female peasants have well understood all the process of compost making. No matter how insignificant we evaluate the endeavour, this is really a great achievement! Once, fertilizer is the most inevitable ingredient, and whilst the urge to save the soil has arrived, then the process of making mixed-fertilizer should have to remain under the knowledge of each male and female of the rural villages in the country. Once there was a time when in each household of the rural villages, compost bio-fertilizer was being made with the assistance of cow-dung and of the household remains. However, the initiative of making bio-fertilizer has become dizzy in time’s course. Dependence went much more on the side of costly chemical fertilizer. The unavailability of fertilizer, every year, puts the agriculture in peril, seasonally. Now, the compost method of the mixed-fertilizer can superbly move forward the agriculture of the country! Let us concentrate on ‘100 Days Employment Generation’ project. Countrywide project of 2000 crore BDT will create work opportunity for 20,00,000 people. Basically, works related with increasing agricultural produce are being completed through this project. Apart from this, with initiatives like preparing bio-fertilizer, excavating ponds, building drains, forming dams to prevent flood and constructing rural roads, the registered people are being affiliated. In the Ward of Shilmandi Union, Ward Member, Abdul Baten has well accepted specially the compost preparing programme of ‘100 Days Employment Generation’ project. He really wants to take this project to further distance. The preparation programme of mixed-fertilizer can move onward with everyone’s appreciation. And, with this, the long-term success may arrive from the ‘100 Days Employment Generation’ project. In our country, employment-based governmental allocation and assistance was always there. But, in most cases, the long-term success of those projects could never have been achieved. This time, farmer-friendly ‘100 Days Employment Generation’ project as the direct governmental financial assistance can play an effective role in the future. Nevertheless, after the end of the project, the Agriculture Extension Department i.e. the Agriculture Ministry has to keep up the activities moving onward.   

Shykh Seraj