As many as 1720 poor and marginal farmers of Sundarganj upazila in the district got high quality seed of Aman paddy and chemical fertilizers from the government this morning.
The seed and fertilizers were distributed to the farmers through upazila agriculture office under Agri Incentive Programme of the government.
A function on seed and fertilizer distribution was held at the office of the upazila town with Rashedul Kabir, Upazila Agriculture Officer (UAO), in the chair this morning.
Chairman of Sundarganj upazila parishad Ashraful Alam Sarker Lebu attended the function and addressed as chief guest while Abdur Rashid Reza, Mayor of Sundarganj Municipality was present as special guest.
Upazila Chairman Lebu in his speech termed the present government as farmers friendly and said considering the welfare of the poor and marginal farmers, the government adopted agri incentive programme to help them to earn economic profit and achieve food security on the way to achieve sustainable development goals by 2030.
The chairman also urged the benefited farmers to take care the crop land properly to get desired production against the crop, he added.