110000 Jamalpur farmers to get seeds

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JAMALPUR, Dec 5, 2020 (BSS) – Agriculture Department as part of the post flood rehabilitation programme are distributing eight kinds of seeds in the district in the current Robi crops.

According to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources, a total of one lakh 10 thousand small and marginal farmers are getting the incentives for cultivation of wheat, mustard, sunflower, ground nut, lentil, Khesari pulse, tomato and green chilly.

The office said Tk nine crore 61 lakh 83 thousand was allotted to implement the rehabilitation programme.

The office said a farmer will get incentive for cultivation of one crop on one Bigha of land.

All farmers will get seeds but the farmers who will cultivate mustard, lentil, Khesari pulse, tomato and chilli will get fertilizer as well.

The office said distributions of wheat seed among 25000 farmers and mustard seed among 33000 have been completed.

Besides, distributions of sunflower seed among 6000 farmers, ground nut seed among 10,000 farmers, lentil seed among 10500 farmers, khesari pulse seed among 11000 farmers, tomato seed among 8500 farmers and green chilly seed among 6000 farmers are continuing .