Kalmakanda:Netrakona A total of 2,450 small and marginal farmers in Kalmakanda upazila of Netrakona district are being provided with free mustard seeds and chemical fertilizers as part of the government's agricultural incentive programme for the current Rabi season.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the distribution programme was inaugurated by Kalmakanda Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) N.M. Abdullah Al Mamun at the upazila agriculture training hall room. The initiative, led by the Upazila Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), aims to expand mustard and other crop cultivation while boosting agricultural production.
Under the programme, each beneficiary farmer receives one kilogram of mustard seeds, 10 kilograms of DAP fertilizer, and 10 kilograms of MOP fertilizer for one bigha of land, totaling 21 kilograms of seeds and fertilizers. The assistance is limited to a maximum of one bigha of land per farming family, with priority given to small and marginal farmers.
Officials highlighted that the incentive is expected to reduce production costs for farmers, increase domestic edible oil production, and strengthen self-sufficiency in agriculture. The event was attended by Additional Deputy Director of DAE, Netrakona, agriculturalist Faruk Ahmed, former local chairman Saidur Rahman Bhuiyan, farmer representatives Koli Akter and Hafez Mohammad Ali, Kalmakanda Press Club President Sheikh Shamim, and Upazila Agriculture Officer agriculturalist Saiful Islam, among others.