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The Ministry of Agriculture will provide Tk 640 million incentive to increase Aush paddy cultivation.
Under this incentive, some 940,000 small and marginal farmers across the country will get seeds and fertilisers free of cost, reads a press release of the ministry, reports UNB.
A farmer will get 5 kgs of seeds, 10 kgs of DAP fertiliser and 10 kgs of MOP fertiliser for cultivation on one bigha of land.
Seeds of high-yielding Briidhan 48, Brridhan 82, Brridhan 85, Brridhan 98, Binadhan 19 and Binadhan 21 will be given, it said.
This incentive is being provided from the Ministry of Agriculture’s regular budget for agricultural rehabilitation assistance and the seed and seedling sector.
The distribution of these incentives will start soon at the field level, it added.