Govt giving Tk 74.9m incentives to jute farmers to boost production

The government will provide around Tk 74.9 million (7.49 crore) as incentives to farmers to boost jute cultivation across the country.

A total of 3,36,600 small, marginal, and medium farmers would get free seeds, according to a press release.

Each farmer will get one kilogramme of BJRI Tosha Pat-8 (Robi-1) seeds for one hectare of land under jute cultivation, it added.

The disbursement of the intensives will start soon at the field level, said the press release.