Govt to provide Tk 40cr incentive for Aush farming

Staff Correspondent: Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque on Thursday announced a TK 40,18,20,750 incentive for 4,59,226 farmers of 64 districts for cultivating ‘Ufshi’ variety of Aush crops.

The agriculture minister made the announcement at a press briefing at the secretariat.

Under the package, 4, 59,226 farmers will be given seeds and fertilizer to cultivate 61,353.081 hetares of land in this season spending Tk 40,18,20,750.

Each farmer will be provided with 5 kg seed, 15kg DSP fertilizer, 10kg MOP fertilizer, Tk 90 for transport cost and other costs Tk 20 for cultivating each bigha land.

Farmers will get 1, 56,452 metric tonnes of Aush paddy using the government incentives, he hoped.


risingbd/Dhaka/Mar 21, 2019/Asad/AI