BHOLA, March 3, 2023 (BSS) - A total of 29,000 small and marginal farmers 
will get seed and fertilizer as incentive for the cultivation of Aush paddy 
in the current season in all seven upazilas of the district.

To increase the interest of farmers in Aush cultivation, the amount of 
incentive support and the number of farmers have been increased significantly 
in the current financial year 2022-23 in the district.

Under the programme, the target of Aush cultivation was fixed on 69,100 
hectares of land, Hasan Waresul Kabir, Deputy Director of the Department of 
Agricultural Extension (DAE) of the district, told BSS.

Among the beneficiary farmers, 6,000 are in Sadar upazila, 4,500 in 
Daulatkhan upazila, 3,200 in Borhanuddin upazila, 3,000 in Lalmohan upazila, 
1,500 in Tajumuddin upazila, 10,000 in Charfashion upazila and 8,00 in 
Manpura upazila will get the incentive of the district, according to the 
Agriculture Office of the district.

The beneficiary farmers will get five kilograms of Aush paddy seed, 10-kg of 
Di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) fertilizer and 10-kg of Muriate of potash (MOP) 
fertilizer free of cost for cultivating one bigha of land under the 
programme.

Hasan Waresul Kabir said the incentives distribution work will begin very 
soon.