26,000 farmers to get free mustard seeds, fertiliser

Around 26,000 small and marginal farmers at Ullapara upazila in Sirajganj are set to receive free mustard seeds and fertilisers under the government's agricultural incentive programme for the 2026–27 fiscal year.

The distribution programme was inaugurated at 10AM on Tuesday (November 10) at the Ullapara Upazila Parishad premises by Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mohammad Raihanul Islam.

The initiative covers farmers across all 14 unions and one municipality of the upazila.

According to the Upazila Agriculture Office, each beneficiary will receive one kilogram of mustard seeds, 10 kilograms of diammonium phosphate (DAP) fertiliser and 10 kilograms of muriate of potash (MOP) fertiliser free of cost.

Among those present at the inauguration were Upazila Agriculture Officer Subarna Yasmin Sumi, Additional Agriculture Officer Md Ripon Hossain, Agricultural Extension Officer Tasin Bin, former senior joint convener of Ullapara Upazila BNP Helal Sarkar, former mayor Belal Hossain and Ullapara Upazila Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Professor Shahjahan Ali.

The programme is being implemented by the Department of Agricultural Extension to support small and marginal farmers and encourage mustard cultivation in the area.