In Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj, 6,350 small and marginal farmers received free mustard seed and chemical fertiliser on Thursday (12 November), the last day of distribution under the government's farm incentive.
The inputs were handed out from the upazila parishad grounds to farmers from the Salanga, Ullapara Sadar, Hatikumrul and Ramkrishnapur unions and Ullapara municipality, in the presence of the upazila agriculture officer, agriculturist Subarna Yasmin Sumi.
According to the upazila agriculture office, a total of 26,000 small and marginal farmers across the upazila's 14 unions and one municipality are getting free mustard seed and fertiliser this time. In the first two days, Tuesday and Wednesday, 19,650 farmers from 10 unions received the support; the 6,350 on the last day completed the distribution.
Subarna Yasmin Sumi said the farmers are being given seed of the improved varieties BARI Sarisha 9, BARI Sarisha 14 and BARI Sarisha 20. Each farmer gets one kilogram of mustard seed, 10 kilograms of DAP and 10 kilograms of MoP fertiliser.
The upazila agriculture office expects the upazila's marginal farmers to benefit from the government's move.
The report is by Protidiner Sangbad's Ullapara (Sirajganj) correspondent.
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Source: Protidiner Sangbad
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