Zaker ALi Shuva

The distribution of Ufshi Aush paddy inputs and support has been inaugurated in Kumarkhali, Kushtia under the incentive program (2024-2025). The fertilizer and seed distribution program was inaugurated at the Upazila Agriculture Office premises at 11:00 am on Sunday.

The inauguration ceremony was presided over by Kumarkhali Upazila Agriculture Officer Agriculturist Md. Raisul Islam and Kushtia District Agriculture Extension Department Deputy Director Agriculturist Sufi Md. Rafiquzzaman was the chief guest. Special guests were Assistant Commissioner (Land) Kumarkhali Bijoy Kumar Jozaddar and Kumarkhali Upazila Senior Fisheries Officer Mahmudul Hasan. Journalists and benefiting farmers were present at the time.

The chief guest of the ceremony said that if technical problems and crop diseases and pests occur in the agricultural sector, they will take advice from those in the Agriculture Extension Department.According to the Agriculture Office, the government has set a target of cultivating Ufshi paddy on 6,038 bighas of land in the upazila this year through 4,08 farmers. In light of this, 5 kg of paddy seeds, 10 kg of DAP and 10 kg of MOP fertilizer were distributed to 4,08 farmers.