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HARVESTER-MACHINE-MANIKGANJ
Farmers get 76 combined harvester machines in Manikganj
MANIKGANJ, April 15, 2021 (BSS)–To modernize and mechanize the agriculture sector, the government has distributed 76 combined harvester machines among the farmers of seven upazilas in the district for harvesting of their main crop Boro paddy in a short time.
Deputy director of Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Md. Shahjahan Ali Biswas said, “The government is distributing the combined harvester machines at a subsidized rate of Taka 14 lakh per unit against the actual price of Taka 28 lakh”.
The farmers, their groups or local service providers can purchase the combined harvester machines at 50 percent subsidized rates for harvesting their own cultivated paddy and providing the same services at reduced costs to their fellow farmers.
“A farmer can harvest and clean Boro paddy of one acre of land using a combined harvester machine in an hour spending Taka 3,000,” he said, adding that a farmer generally spends Taka 6,000 for the same purpose by engaging labourers.
S M Ferdous, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Manikganj, handed over a combined harvester machine to a farmer here at a function as the chief guest recently.
He urged the farmers to use the combined harvester machines in harvesting their own cultivated paddy and providing the same services to other farmers to face labour-shortage and reduce the harvesting cost of Boro paddy by 50 percent.
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