Production of Transplantation Aman (T-Aman) paddy is likely to face set-back this year in Kurigram district, due to attack by varieties of pest and bacterial diseases and price hike of urea fertiliser. This pest attack may hamper production and farmers are very disappointed in the area, sources said. They may not get their expected T-Aman production due to pest invasion this year. Vast areas of the district including sadar upazila and other Ulipur, Rajarhat, Nageswari, Sadar upazila and other Ulipur, Rajarhat, Nageswari, Roumari, Chilmari upazilas the transplanted Aman paddy on vast tracts of land were turning yellowish and burnt to die. Muztoba Ali Ferdous, Ranu Mia, Akhtar Ali, Vuria Dewani, Azad Khondoker, farmers of Khocha Bari Bazar area of Pandul union under Ulipur Upazila of the district told that they transplanted many Aman Paddy but now they are very dismal for pest attacking in their standing crops. They alleged that there is no way to recover from this situation in leaf burnt and leaf blight diseases. It is learnt from that farmers that they are applying potash fertiliser on their pest attack paddy fields in order to combat pests. While talking to the Deputy Director (DD) in the District Agricultural Entension officer Md. Mohsin Ali of Kurigram told these diseases are mainly caused by imbalanced use of fertiliser, strong air and excess moisture in the paddy field. He added that flood also causes a great harm for standing T-Aman paddy. About twelve hundred hectares of land are affected in mainly pest this year DAE sources said. They are encouraging the farmers in different ways to control the pest attacking in the paddy fields by announcing in the mike and informing important topics to the farmers in that area. But still now the farmers are fully disappointed for next Aman paddy. As a result the expected production may not be achieved in the district this year.