BSS. Rangpur :
Distribution of special incentives in terms of seed and fertilisers worth Taka 15.72 crore continues among over 1.39-lakh flood-hit farmers of all eight districts under Rangpur division.
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials said the incentives are being distributed to assist the flood-affected farmers for cultivation of eight varieties of crops to recoup losses they incurred during recent floods.
Under the programme, each beneficiary farmer will cultivate crop on one bigha of land after getting five to 20-kg seed, 10 to 20-kg Di-ammonium Phosphate (DAP) and five to 15-kg Muriate of Potash (MoP) fertilisers free of costs.
“Meanwhile, distribution of 47 tonnes of ‘Mashkalai’ seed among 9,200 farmers of Rangpur, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat and Gaibandha is nearing completion,” said Deputy Director of DAE at its regional office Md Moniruzzaman here.
Regional Additional Director of DAE Md Shah Alam said the government is distributing the incentives under the post-flood agriculture rehabilitation programmes to assist the flood-affected farmers.
“The incentives will assist 17,418 flood-hit farmers of Rangpur, 21,180 of Gaibandha, 24,699 of Kurigram, 14,724 of Lalmonirhat and 14,748 farmers of Nilphamari under Rangpur agriculture region,” said Alam.
Besides, 18,510 flood-affected farmers of Dinajpur, 11,548 of Thakurgaon and 17,012 farmers of Panchagarh under Dinajpur agriculture region are getting the incentives in the division.
DAE officials said the government has allocated 1,072 tonnes of seed, 2,620 tonnes of DAP and 1,353 tonnes of MoP fertilisers for distribution among flood-affected farmers of the division.
With the incentives, the flood-hit farmers will cultivate wheat on 42,000 bigha of land, maize on 51,200 bigha and mustard on 27,000 bigha of land. Besides, the flood-affected farmers will cultivate groundnut on 975 bigha of land, ‘Til’ on 1,800 bigha, mungbean on 7,400 bigha, ‘Mashkalai’ on 9,200 bigha and BT brinjal on 264 bigha of land.
Under the programme, 840 tonnes of wheat seed, 103 tonnes of maize, 27 tonnes of mustard, 10 tonnes of groundnut, two tonnes of ‘Til’, 41 tonnes of mungbean, 47 tonnes of ‘Mashkalai’ and 5.28-kg of BT brinjal seed are being distributed in the division.
Distribution of special incentives in terms of seed and fertilisers worth Taka 15.72 crore continues among over 1.39-lakh flood-hit farmers of all eight districts under Rangpur division.
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials said the incentives are being distributed to assist the flood-affected farmers for cultivation of eight varieties of crops to recoup losses they incurred during recent floods.
Under the programme, each beneficiary farmer will cultivate crop on one bigha of land after getting five to 20-kg seed, 10 to 20-kg Di-ammonium Phosphate (DAP) and five to 15-kg Muriate of Potash (MoP) fertilisers free of costs.
“Meanwhile, distribution of 47 tonnes of ‘Mashkalai’ seed among 9,200 farmers of Rangpur, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat and Gaibandha is nearing completion,” said Deputy Director of DAE at its regional office Md Moniruzzaman here.
Regional Additional Director of DAE Md Shah Alam said the government is distributing the incentives under the post-flood agriculture rehabilitation programmes to assist the flood-affected farmers.
“The incentives will assist 17,418 flood-hit farmers of Rangpur, 21,180 of Gaibandha, 24,699 of Kurigram, 14,724 of Lalmonirhat and 14,748 farmers of Nilphamari under Rangpur agriculture region,” said Alam.
Besides, 18,510 flood-affected farmers of Dinajpur, 11,548 of Thakurgaon and 17,012 farmers of Panchagarh under Dinajpur agriculture region are getting the incentives in the division.
DAE officials said the government has allocated 1,072 tonnes of seed, 2,620 tonnes of DAP and 1,353 tonnes of MoP fertilisers for distribution among flood-affected farmers of the division.
With the incentives, the flood-hit farmers will cultivate wheat on 42,000 bigha of land, maize on 51,200 bigha and mustard on 27,000 bigha of land. Besides, the flood-affected farmers will cultivate groundnut on 975 bigha of land, ‘Til’ on 1,800 bigha, mungbean on 7,400 bigha, ‘Mashkalai’ on 9,200 bigha and BT brinjal on 264 bigha of land.
Under the programme, 840 tonnes of wheat seed, 103 tonnes of maize, 27 tonnes of mustard, 10 tonnes of groundnut, two tonnes of ‘Til’, 41 tonnes of mungbean, 47 tonnes of ‘Mashkalai’ and 5.28-kg of BT brinjal seed are being distributed in the division.
