RANGPUR, Feb 19, 2019 (BSS) – The Department of Agriculture Extension
(DAE) distributed special agriculture incentives in terms of seed and
fertilisers among 200 small and marginal farmers of Dimla upazila in
Nilphamari on Monday.
The incentives were distributed at a function held at Dimla upazila
parisahd office premises to assist the small and marginal farmers in
cultivating various crops during the Kharip-1 season.
Member of the Parliament from Nilphamari-1 constituency Md Aftab Uddin
Sarker distributed the incentives in the function as the chief guest with
Dimla Upazila Agriculture Officer Agriculturist Mrs. Nazmun Nahar in the
chair.
Upazila Agriculture Officer Sekendar Ali, Agriculture Extension Officer
Kanak Chandra Roy, Plant Protection Officer Md. Bahauddin and Dimla Sadar
union Chairman Abul Kashem Sarker were present as special guests.
Agriculturist Nazmun Nahar said the agriculture incentives allocated by
the government were distributed among 200 small and marginal farmers of Dimla
upazila to assist them in cultivating summer mungbean on one bigha of land
each.
The chief guest distributed 5-kg mungbean seed, 5-kg of Muriate of
Potash and 10-kg Di-ammonium Phosphate fertilisers among each of the
beneficiary farmers for cultivating mungbean on their lands.
The chief guest called upon the beneficiary farmers to make best use of
the agriculture incentives allocated by the present government free of costs
in cultivating mungbean on their land during this Kharip-1 season.