The government has started disbursing TK8 crore as incentives to farmers to boost jute cultivation across Bangladesh.
A total of 400,000 farmers will get seeds under the program, said a press release of the Agriculture Ministry on Thursday.
A farmer will get one kg of jute seeds at free of cost for bringing one bigha of land under jute cultivation.
These incentives are being provided from the agriculture rehabilitation support sector under the regular budget of the ministry.
The disbursement of the intensives will start soon in field level, said the press release.