Free seed and chemical fertiliser are being given to farmers in Chaugachha, Jashore. The distribution was inaugurated on Sunday afternoon in the meeting room of the upazila office of the Department of Agricultural Extension.
Upazila agriculture officer Mushabbir Hossain presided. Upazila Nirbahi Officer Farzana Islam spoke as chief guest. Upazila BNP president M A Salam, former upazila BNP general secretary Yunus Ali Dafadar and upazila Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary Maulana Gias Uddin, among others, spoke as special guests.
According to the upazila agriculture office, a total of 5,340 small and marginal farmers in the upazila’s 11 unions and the municipality will receive the free seed and chemical fertiliser this Rabi season under the incentive and rehabilitation programme for the 2026-27 financial year. Of them, 5,200 will get 1 kg of mustard seed each and 140 will get 1 kg of lentil seed each. Each farmer will also get 10 kg of DAP and 5 kg of MOP fertiliser for growing mustard and lentils.
Upazila agriculture officer Mushabbir Hossain said the free seed and chemical fertiliser are being given to small and marginal farmers to increase the cultivation of mustard and lentils.
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