CropsThe government aims to bring about 2.4 crore farmers into its registration, input support and farmer card programme within four years, 43 lakh of them this fiscal year. Data on 19.25 lakh farmers has been collected and 9 lakh bank accounts opened.
VegetablesRajbari, Bangladesh's third-largest onion district, aims to grow onions on 40,932 hectares this season; murikata onions are already on 1,933 hectares, and the agriculture department is offering free seed, fertiliser and incentives.
CropsThe money went straight into the bank accounts of 2,48,704 farmers under Bihar's Agriculture Input Grant Scheme, seven weeks after late-August floods and just before rabi sowing.
CropsFarmers on the chars of Bera upazila, Pabna, say they buy their own seed and fertiliser because government incentives never reach them; the upazila agriculture officer cites a small allocation and remote land.
CropsKhulna, Bagerhat, Satkhira and Narail planted aman on 290,010 hectares against a target of 289,859; the region aims for 856,974 tonnes of rice.
Under the Kharif-2 incentive programme, farmers in the district's 11 upazilas each received 5 kg of seed, 10 kg of DAP and 10 kg of MOP for one bigha; Niamatpur (5,100) and Mohadevpur (5,000) had the most beneficiaries.
