TUNGIPARA, Gopalganj, Oct 27, 2023 (BSS) - Under the current agricultural 
incentive and rehabilitation programme, a total of 520 small and marginal 
farmers in five upazilas of the district will get seeds and fertilizer as 
agriculture incentive for onion cultivation in the current Rabi season.

To increase the interest of farmers in onion cultivation, the amount of 
incentive support and the number of farmers have been increased significantly 
in the financial year 2023-24 in the district, Deputy Director (DD) of the 
Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) Abdul Quader Sardar said.

Each farmer will give one kilogram (kg) of onion seeds, 10-kg of Di-ammonium 
phosphate (DAP) fertilizer and 10-kg of Muriate of potash (MOP) fertilizer 
free of cost for onion cultivation on one bigha of land, he added.

Among the beneficiaries, 110 farmers are in Sadar upazila, 150 in Muksudpur 
upazila, 100 in Kashiani upazila, 80 in Kotalipara upazila and 80 farmers are 
in Tungipara upazila will get the onion seeds free of cost. 

The distribution of the seeds and fertilizers will start very soon under the 
concerned Upazila Agriculture Office, the DAE DD said.