Zaker Ali Shuva

Free seeds and chemical fertilizers are distributed among small and marginal farmers in Kushtia Kumarkhali under the Agricultural Incentive Program in the financial year 2022-23 with the aim of increasing ausdhan production. Kumarkhali Upazila Executive Officer (UNO) Bitan Kumar Mandal presided over the distribution ceremony organized by Kumarkhali Upazila Agriculture Extension Office at Kumarkhali Upazila Parishad premises yesterday. Barrister Salim Altaf George MP Kushtia-4 (Khoksa-Kumarkhali) was present as the chief guest and distributed seeds and fertilizers among the farmers. ADC Nasreen Banu was also present at this time. Kumarkhali Upazila Awami League General Secretary and Municipal Mayor Alhaj Shamsuzzaman Arun, Kumarkhali Upazila Women Vice Chairman Marina Akhtar Meena, AC (Land) Kumarkhali, Md. Amirul Arafat, Agriculture Extension Officer Raisul Islam, Fisheries Officer Mahamudul Hasan, Plant Conservation Officer Swapan Kumar Singh and others were present. Kumarkhali upazila agriculture officer agriculturist Debashish Kumar Das was in overall supervision of the program. Apart from this, farmers and farmers from different areas of Kumarkhali Upazila were present. This year, 5 kg of Aush paddy seeds and 10 kg of DAP and MOP fertilizers were distributed among 4 thousand farmers. This year, the target of Aws Abad is 5790 hectares, the target of Bona Aws Abad is 140 hectares.