Online Desk: The Ministry of Agriculture will provide Tk 64.15 crore incentive to increase Aush paddy cultivation.

Under this incentive, 9.40 lakh small and marginal farmers across the country will get seeds and fertilizers free of cost, reads a press release of the ministry.

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 seed and seedling sector.

The distribution of these incentives will start soon at the field level, it added.