SYLHET, Apr 16: Disbursement of the farm incentive among listed poor farmers for Aus cultivation has been going on in Sylhet division. Hopefully it would be completed by the end of this month, an official said on Monday afternoon.
Earlier the government had sanctioned Tk 52.7 million in assistance for the poor farmers in the division in a bid to help them cultivating high yielding varieties of Aus paddy during the Kharif-1 season this year, official sources informed yesterday. The amount is being spent for seed, fertilisers and in irrigation assistance. Besides, separate amount would be given for clearing weeds, the official added.
Md Altabur Rahman, additional director of DAE Sylhet division, said under the special incentive programme, 33,000 bighas of land would be cultivated against the last year's 25,700 bighas. It includes 10,000 bighas in each of Sylhet, Moulvibazar and Habiganj districts and 3,000 bighas in Sunamganj district.
The total amount includes, Tk 159,75000 for each of Sylhet, Moulvibazar and Habiganj districts while Tk 4792,500 is for Sunamganj. For each bigha land a farmer is being supplied with 5.0 kg of seed, 20 kg of urea, 10 kg of DAP, 10 kg of MoP fertiliser, the source informed.
Besides, Tk 11641,115 would be spent in incentive for the poor farmers in the 3 districts for cultivating Nerika paddy during the season, the official informed. It includes, Tk 1887,750 for 900 farmers of Sylhet, Tk 2517,000 for 1200 farmers in Moulvibazar and Tk 7236,375 for 3450 farmers in Habiganj.
The amount would be spent for seed, fertilisers and in irrigation assistance and for clearing weeds. Under the programme 5500 bighas of land would be cultivated. It includes 900 bighas in Sylhet, 1200 bighas in Moulvibazar and 3450 bighas in Habiganj district.
In addition to transportation cost, the farmers would get 10 kg Nerika paddy seed, 20 kg of urea, 10 kg of DAP, 10 kg of Mop and irrigation assistance money for one bigha land, the official added.
The input distribution would be completed by the end of this month, the official informed.
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