KHULNA, Nov 1, 2022 (BSS) –The Government will distribute special incentives worth about Taka 8.47 crore among 73, 870 small and marginal farmers of Khulna agriculture region during the current season.

Each farmer will get incentive against one Bigha (33 shatoks) land to enhance the Rabi Crops production during the current season, official sources said here today.

The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) of the Khulna Zone has been completing list of farmers of the region to distribute the incentives.

Officials of the DAE said the incentives, in terms of seed and fertilisers, will be distributed among the beneficiary farmers to assist them in cultivating eight varieties of crops during the current Rabi season.

 “Of those, distribution of Agri-incentives for wheat, maize, mustard, groundnut, BT brinjal and Boro rice crops to be completed by this month while distribution of summer (sesame) ‘Tiil’ and moonbeam will end by December,” said Md Hafizur Rahman, Acting Additional Director of the DAE Khulna regional office.

Under the programme, each of the beneficiary farmers will receive one to 20-kg seed of different crops, 10 to 20-kg Di-ammonium Phosphate (DAP) and five to 10-kg Muriate of Potash (MoP) fertiliser free of cost to cultivate crops on one Bigha of land.

The incentives will be distributed to assist Taka 3, 87, 26,400 among 26,970 small and marginal farmers of Khulna. One farmer will get Taka 1,435 for each Bigha land. Taka 1, 95, 59,700 will be distributed among 11,350 farmers.

 One farmer will get Taka 1,723 for each Bigha land. Taka 1, 24, 25,300 will be distributed among 18,000 farmers.

 One farmer will get Taka 690 for each Bigha land and Taka 1, 39, 88,600 crore will be distributed among 17,550 farmers. One farmer will get Taka 797 for each Bigha land, the DAE official said.

Hafizur Rahman said, farmers will get incentives as per rules by the Ministry of Agriculture.

They will get seed and fertilizers from authorized dealers of the government.

“We have already formed a monitoring and rehabilitation committee in each upazila to be distributed government incentives headed by UNO and Upazila Agriculture Officer of its member secretary,” he said.

Farmers of the region are now very busy for producing Rabi crops, vegetables aftermath of cyclone ‘Sitrang’, he said adding that government has taken various steps to increase the production in the agricultural sector.