Govt to give Tk 33cr incentive to boost Aus output

The government has allocated Tk 32.90 crore for providing agricultural assistance among the small and marginal farmers to raise aus production during the current summer season, reports BSS.
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury disclosed this while addressing a press briefing at her ministry conference room in the capital yesterday.
As many as 2,25,988 small and marginal farmers will get necessary agricultural inputs including seed and fertilizers for cultivating high yielding variety (HYV)of local Aus and Nerica, a short duration and drought tolerant rice variety brought from Africa in 2009, on a bigha of land. "The government will provide incentive of Tk 27.10 crore for cultivating HYV Aus crop in 51 districts and Tk 3.90 crore for cultivating the Nerica variety of aus in 40 districts during the upcoming kharif-1 season which would begin from March 16", said the minister .
A total of 2 lakh farmers will get assistance for cultivating HYV aus and another 20,000 farmers for Nerica cultivation, she told the press briefing.
In addition to this, the government will provide more Tk 1.90,16460 for cultivating jute, sugarcane and pest control of 'Sweet gourd' vegetable in 64 districts across the country, Matia added.
For cultivating HYV Aus, a farmer will get 5kg paddy seed, 20kg urea, 10 kg Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) and 10 kg Muriat of Potash (MoP) under the agricultural incentive programme.

 

Govt to give Tk 33cr incentive to boost Aus output

The government has allocated Tk 32.90 crore for providing agricultural assistance among the small and marginal farmers to raise aus production duringthe current summer season, reports BSS. Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury disclosed this while addressing a press briefing at her ministry conference room in the capital yesterday. As many as 2,25,988 small and marginal farmers will get necessary agricultural inputs including seed and fertilizers for cultivating high yielding variety (HYV)of local Aus and Nerica, a short duration and drought tolerant rice variety brought from Africa in 2009, on a bigha of land. The government will provide incentive of Tk 27.10 crore for cultivating HYV Aus crop in 51 districts and Tk 3.90 crore for cultivating the Nerica variety of aus in 40 districts during the upcoming kharif-1 season which would begin from March 16, said the minister . A total of 2 lakh farmers will get assistance for cultivating HYV aus and another 20,000 farmers for Nerica cultivation, she told the press briefing. In addition to this, the government will provide more Tk 1.90,16460 for cultivating jute, sugarcane and pest control of Sweet gourd vegetable in 64 districts across the country, Matia added. For cultivating HYV Aus, a farmer will get 5kg paddy seed, 20kg urea, 10 kg Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) and 10 kg Muriat of Potash (MoP) under the agricultural incentive programme.