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FERTILIZER-PROCUREMENT
Govt to procure additional chemical fertilizer to ensure food security
DHAKA, Aug 28, 2020 (BSS) – The government has decided to procure
additional one lakh tonne urea and one lakh tonne Diammonium phosphate (DAP)
in current fiscal to ensure crop production and food security, an official
release said.
“The government has re-fixed chemical fertilizers’ demand for current
fiscal year in need of proper and extended cultivation as additional one lakh
tonne urea and one lakh tonne Diammonium phosphate (DAP) to be procured
through competition on emergency basis,” it said.
The additional amount of urea will be collected by Bangladesh Chemical
Industries Corporation (BCIC) and DAP by the agriculture ministry, it added.
Earlier, the demand of urea fertilizer was fixed at 24.50 lakh tonnes and
DAP at 13 lakh tonnes. Now urea fertilizer’s demand stood at 25.50 lakh
tonnes and DAP at 14 lakh tonnes.
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