4,000 farmers getting incentives in Manikganj

The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) is distributing Black gram (Mashkolai) seeds and fertiliser as special incentives among 4,000 poor and marginal farmers in the district, DAE officials said.

The preparation of distribution of seeds and fertiliser has already been started among 4,000 farmers to cultivate Mashkolai in their lands in the district during the current season.

The DAE officials said each of the farmers is getting 5 kgs of black gram seeds for one bigha of land as an incentive. The marginal farmers are also getting necessary fertiliser, including 10-kg Di-ammonium Phosphate (DAP) and 5-kg Muriate of Potash (MoP) free of cost.

Abu Muhammad Enayetullah, Deputy Director of DAE, said the list of small and marginal farmers of the district is being prepared from the union parishad level by a committee comprising of a sub-assistant agriculture officer and the chairmen and members of the respective unions, adding that the seeds and fertiliser will be distributed according to those lists.

Deputy Director of DAE said the char areas of the two big rivers the Padma and Jamuna are popular for Mashkolai cultivation.

Deputy Director also said the present pro-farmer government is distributing special agriculture incentives among small and marginal farmers which is encouraging the farmers to cultivate crops in due time and they are getting good production as the government distributed quality seeds among the farmers.