Farmers' countrywide rally for agricultural inputs on Oct 13
Bangladesh Krishak Samity, a platform of farmers, will form human chains across the country on October 13 demanding smooth supply of agricultural inputs to the farmers.
The programmes were announced at a press conference at Mukti Bhaban at Paltan in the city yesterday.
The peasant leaders said if the farmers do not get the agricultural inputs in time, the country cannot achieve food security.
They said that the farmers didn't get the seeds timely and some seed companies have provided the farmers with low quality seeds and that's why paddy in Dinajpur area turned reddish.
The leaders alleged that the government never takes steps in due time. They should have taken proper steps to distribute fertiliser, seed and pesticide after the flood, but they didn't, added the peasant leaders.
General Secretary of the organisation Morshed Ali said, “We want the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) to distribute fertilisers and seeds among the farmers rather than any company.”
He said, “The security of farmlands should also be ensured, as we are losing about one lakh hectors of land per year.”
Executive President of the organisation Advocate SMA Sabur, Organising Secretary Sazzad Zahir Chandan, Bimalendu Halder and Nur Nabi Selim were present at the press conference.
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