Paddy is the main agricultural crop of Bangladesh. Rice is the main food of Bengalis. We derive this rice from rice prepared from rice. In the absence of this, the country is in mourning - famine and epidemics. So no other agricultural product can be compared with rice.
In almost all the countries of the world, more or less paddy is cultivated. Asia and Australia produce the most rice. Our Bangladesh grows a lot of paddy. However, it goes without saying that paddy is not grown at all in winter-prone countries.
According to rice researchers and experts, there are about a hundred varieties of rice. Many of them know the names of more varieties of paddy. In our country, two types of paddy are well known to everyone - Aush (Ashu) and Aman (Haimantika). In addition, a type of paddy called ‘boro’ is also grown. This rice is high yielding and can be cultivated at any time of the year. However, adequate water-irrigation is required for this. This rice is the best friend of the poor. Because it is easily available at a low price.
It is very nice to see the paddy field. When the young rice plant with its sheaf rises to the top of the water, it seems that the earth is covered with a green layer. Then in the month of Ashwin-Kartik, when the paddy ripens, its golden glow in the sunlight does not look amazing! When the wind blows on the paddy field, the wave vibrates from one end of the field to the other. Seeing such a scene, the poet was fascinated and wrote, "In whose country the wind blows on such paddy?"
Rice is made from paddy. There are two types of rice; Namely- Atap and Siddha. The rice that is dried in the sun is called 'Atap rice'. The rice that is boiled and dried is called 'siddha rice'. Earlier, dhemki was prevalent in our villages. At that time paddy was threshed. Nowadays, 'Dhankal' has taken the place of Dhemki.
Paddy is our most essential crop. Rice is the food of most people in the world. No part of the paddy is to be discarded. After threshing the paddy, the dry plants are used as hay as food for cows and buffaloes. After threshing, the husks are used as fuel for bran. The powder that comes out with the husk is called kumra. Ducks, chickens and cows and calves get nutrition by eating this husk. Apart from rice, we make polao, payes, pitha etc. and eat them. It goes without saying how much rice is used in our lives and how much it benefits us.
The rice on which our life depends, there is no advanced method or modern scientific technology in our country to produce rice and protect it from pests. The old-fashioned farming system is still prevalent in our country. The peasantry of this country has not yet received active motivation and education to achieve agriculture in a modern scientific way. They mainly manage their agriculture depending on the natural conditions. Hopefully, the old system is changing, albeit a little. To escape the curse of the Farakka Dam, farmers are increasingly using water in various ways to irrigate, apply fertilizers and pesticides to the land at a higher rate. We believe that scientific methods of cultivation should be more comprehensive and robust for the development of the agricultural system as a whole. If this system can be introduced, the true meaning of the word 'grow more crops' will be proved.
