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A total of 2,400 small and marginal farmers in Zanjira upazila of the district were given seeds and fertilizers free of cost as agro incentive for the cultivation of Aush paddy in the current Kharif-1 season.
The amount of incentive support and the number of farmers has increased significantly in the current financial year (FY) 2022-23 in the district, the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said.
Zanjira Upazila Parishad Chairman Mobarak Ali Sikdar handed over the incentive among the farmers as the chief guest on Thursday afternoon at a function at the upazila parishad premises with Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md Kamrul Hasan Sohel in the chair.
Zanjira Municipality Mayor Md Idris Madbar, Upazila Women Vice-Chairman Parveen Akhter, Upazila Awami League President GM Nurul Haque and it’s General Secretary Abu Taleb Chowkidar, among others, were present as special guests.
Bilaspur Union Parishad Chairman Abdul Quddus Bepari, Additional Agriculture Officer Md Nazmul Huda and members of various Union Parishads and hundreds of farmers were also present on the occasion.
Under the programme, each farmer was given five kilograms of Ufsi Aush paddy seed, 10 kg of Di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) fertilizers and 10 kg of Muriate of potash (MOP) fertilizers free of cost for cultivating one bigha of land, upazila agriculture officer agriculturist Md Jamal Hossain said.
