JAMALPUR, Oct 25, 2021 (BSS) - Agriculture department will provide
incentive of TK 3 crore 20 lakh 3000 to 40800 small and marginal farmers in
the district this Robi season.
Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) office sources said the
underprivileged farmers will get the incentive in cultivating seven crops.
They said 10,000 farmers will get incentive for wheat cultivation, 10,000
for maize, 15,000 for mustard, 5000 for groundnut, 500 for onion, 200 for
lentil and 100 for mung bean cultivation.
Each of the farmers will get seed and fertilizers free of cost for
cultivation the products on one bigha of land.
Additional Deputy Director of DAE Mohammad Shakhawat Ikram said the
incentive will be disbursed among the farmers as soon as possible aiming to
increase production.