A total of 73,500 farmers in Gopalganj and Pabna have received agricultural incentives for Boro (paddy) farming recently.
Our Gopalganj Correspondent reports, 70,000 small and marginal farmers in five upazilas of Gopalganj district were provided seeds and fertilizers as agricultural incentives under the incentive programme free of cost for hybrid and high-yielding variety (HYV) Boro paddy farming in the current Rabi season.
To increase the interest of farmers in Boro paddy farming, the amount of incentive and the number of farmers have increased significantly in the district, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Abdul Quader Sardar said.
The seeds and fertilizers were distributed recently under the concerned Upazila Agriculture Office, Deputy Director of the DAE Abdul Quader Sardar said.
He said that two kgs of hybrid Boro seeds, 10 kgs of Di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) fertilizer and 10 kgs of Muriate of Potash (MoP) fertilizer were supplied to each farmer free of cost for Boro paddy cultivating on one bigha of land among 40,000 farmers of the district.
Meanwhile, five kgs of high-yielding (Ufshi) Boro paddy seeds, 10 kgs of Di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) fertilizer and 10 kgs of Muriate of Potash (MoP) fertilizer were given to each farmer free of cost for Boro paddy cultivating on one bigha of land among 30,000 farmers of the district.
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The beneficiaries are 13,800 farmers of Sadar Upazila, 11,800 farmers of Muksudpur upazila, 10,900 farmers of Kashiani Upazila, 20,500 farmers of Kotalipara Upazila and 13,000 farmers of Tungipara Upazila of the district, he added.
Ishwardi Correspondent reports: Some 3,500 small and marginal famers received seeds free of cost under the agriculture incentives of 2023-24 fiscal year of Rabi season.
Ishwardi Agriculture Extension Directorate organized the programme in Agriculture Officer’s Office on Sunday.
Subir Kumar Das, UNO, Ishwardi Upazila was present in the programme as the chief guest. Mita Sarker, Upazila Agriculture Office delivered the address of welcome.
Among others, Abdul Munaf, Agriculture Extension Officer, Akhlasur Rahman, Deputy- Assistant Botani Preservation Staff, Sujon Kumar Roy, Deputy- Assistant Agriculture Staff and Zahid Hasan, among the farmers, were present there.
Of the 3,500 farmers – 250 farmers in Sara, 200 in Pakshi, 1400 in Muladuli 1400, 1000 in Dasuria, 100 in Salimpur, 50 in Sahapur, 200 in Laxmikunda Union and 300 farmers of Poura areas received the incentives.