Govt to provide incentive for hybrid rice cultivation

The government is going to provide Tk 90 crore as an incentive this year to encourage the cultivation and production of hybrid varieties of rice in this year's Boro season.

The government order regarding this was issued today and distribution of the incentive will start soon at the field level.

Under this incentive, 14.40 lakh small and marginal farmers will get two kilogrammes of hybrid seeds for free, which is required for the cultivation of rice on one bigha of land.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, hybrid rice production in Boro season will increase by 1.92 lakh hectares and 9.5 lakh tonnes of additional rice will be produced.

In other words, the yield will be 4.95 tonnes per hectare.

In financial year 2022-23, 15 lakh farmers were given free hybrid seeds, increasing hybrid paddy cultivation on 2 lakh hectares of land, and increasing rice production by 9.83 lakh tonnes.