The government will set aside as much as Tk 30 billion in subsidies for farm mechanisation, says Agriculture Minister Md Abdur Razzaque.
“Finding workers in agricultural work have become a problem now …. so we started mechanization of agriculture sector and Tk 3,000 crore [30 billion] will be spent as subsidy to this end,” he said on Tuesday (May 21) at an event in Dhaka, reports BSS.
He was addressing the unveiling of cover of a book titled ‘Fertilizer Recommendation Handbook-2018’ as the chief guest in city’s Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) auditorium, the state news agency said citing an official statement.
Razzaque said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will do everything whatever it is needed for development of the agriculture and farmers as the country has attained autarky in food under her dynamic leadership.
With BARC chairman Dr Md Kabir Ikramul Haque in the chair, the programme also attended, among others, by Parliamentary standing Committee Member on Agriculture Abdul Mannan and Agriculture Secretary Md Nasiruzzaman.
SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC) Director Dr Shaikh Mohammad Bokhtiar gave a presentation of the handbook.