Distribution of free mustard seed and chemical fertiliser to 26,000 small and marginal farmers began on Tuesday in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj under the government’s agricultural incentive programme.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mohammad Raihanul Islam opened the programme at 10am on Tuesday (10 November) on the upazila parishad grounds.
The event, organised by the upazila office of the Department of Agricultural Extension, was attended by Helal Sarkar, former senior joint convener of the upazila BNP; former mayor Belal Hossain; Professor Shahjahan Ali, ameer of the upazila Jamaat-e-Islami; upazila agriculture officer Subarna Yasmin Sumi; additional agriculture officer Md Ripon Hossain; and agricultural extension officer Tasin Bin Nur.
According to the upazila agriculture office, a total of 26,000 farmers across Ullapara’s 14 unions and the municipality will receive mustard seed and chemical fertiliser under the scheme.
Each farmer is being given one kilogram of mustard seed, 10 kilograms of DAP and 10 kilograms of MOP fertiliser.
On the first day, Tuesday, the inputs were being handed to 10,600 farmers in Bangala, Mohanpur, Bara Pangasi, Purnimagati and Salap unions.
On Wednesday (11 November), seed and fertiliser will go to 9,050 farmers in Udhunia, Barahar, Panchakroshi, Durganagar and Koyra unions.
The programme will end on Thursday (12 November) with distribution to 6,350 farmers in the remaining four unions and the municipality.
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