JAMALPUR, August 2, 2021 (BSS)- Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) distributed agro-incentive among 1,400 farmers in five upazilas of the district to cultivate late variety Aman paddy  this current season.

Aiming to increase food production, the DAE distributed Aman seeds free of cost under the incentive programme among the farmers.

According to the DAE, each of the farmers got five-kilogram of seed for cultivating Aman paddy on one Bigha of land.

Of the farmers, 450 got the seed in Dewanganj upazila, 400 in Islampur, 250 in Melandah, 150 in Sarishabari upazila and 150 farmers got the incentives in Madarganj upazila.