About 2,000 marginal farmers at Kotalipara upazila in Gopalganj district were distributed Aman rice seeds and fertilizers on Thursday.
Kotalipara Upazila Agriculture Extension Department organized the distribution programme at the hall room of the upazila parishad in the morning with an aim of increasing the production of Aman paddy during dry season.
Gopalganj Agriculture Extension Department deputy director Abdul Quader Sardar distributed these seeds as the chief guest with the upazila nirbahi officer Ferdous Wahid in the chair.
At that time, upazila agriculture officer Nitul Roy, engineer Shafiul Azam, agricultural extension officer Debashish Das, assistant plant conservation officer Krittibas Pandey, farmer Abdul Hai Sheikh spoke at the programme.