The government will give Taka 188.49 crore in
incentives to the farmers of 10 winter crops in this fiscal year (FY24).
The winter or Rabi crops are wheat, onion, mustard, maize, sunflower,
groundnuts, soybean, mung, lentil and grass pea, said a release of the
Ministry of Agriculture.
Over 19.53 lakh small and marginal farmers across the country will be given
free seeds and fertilizers for cultivating any one of these crops.
Under the incentive, a farmer will get 20 kilogrammes of wheat seeds, 2 Kgs
of maize seeds, 1 KG of mustard/sunflower seeds, 10 KGs of peanut seeds, 8
Kgs of soybean seeds, 1 KG of winter onion seeds, 1 Kgs of lentil seeds and 8
Kgs of khesari seeds at free of cost for cultivating those in one bigha land.
The ministry said the incentives will be provided from its regular budget on
agricultural rehabilitation assistance and seedlings sector.
The distribution of these incentives will start soon at the field level, it
added.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha