GAIBANDHA, Jan 25, 2019 (BSS) – A total of 1800 small and marginal
farmers of Sadar upazila got seed of maize, wheat, mustard and mungbean under
Agriculture Incentive Programme during the Robi and Kharif seasons free of
cost.
The seed with fertilizers were distributed to the selected farmers of
the upazila through Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), office sources
said.
Of them, some 980 farmers got maize seed, 180 wheat seed, 520 maize seed
and 120 mungbean with Di-ammonium Phosphate (DAP) and Muriate of Potash (MoP)
fertilizers, said an official of DAE.
For this purpose a function was organized by Sadar upazila agriculture
office at its training room today with acting upazila agriculture officer
Mosarrof Hossain in the chair. UNO Uttam Kumar Roy addressed the function as
the chief guest.
Sub assistant plant protection officer Abdus Sabur and sub assistant
agriculture officer Mokbul Hossain Sarker spoke at the function, among
others.
The speakers said the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is
working relentlessly for overall development of the farmers since 2009.
Later, the guests formally distributed mungbean seed and chemical
fertilizers to 120 small and marginal farmers of the upazila for sowing it
during the Kharif-1 season.
Each of the farmers got 5 kg of mungbean seed with 10 kg DAP and 5 kg of
MoP.
All the SAAOs, public representatives, selected farmers and journalists
were present on the occasion.
And with the distribution of mungbean seed to the farmers, the seed
distribution activity ended in Sadar upazila.
Earlier, a farmer got 2 kg of maize seed with 20 kg of DAP and 10 kg of
MoP, 20 kg of wheat seed with 20 kg of DAP and 10 kg of MoP, a kg of mustard
seed with 20 kg of DAP and 10 kg of MoP during the Robi season, office
sources said.