TANGAIL (Bangladesh): Bangladesh launched a “Farmers’ Card” scheme on Tuesday aimed at expanding direct support to millions of farmers and streamlining subsidies, as part of efforts to modernise the agriculture sector.
The scheme focuses on small farmers, including sharecroppers who often lack access to banks and other institutional support, agriculture ministry officials said.
Farmers registered under the programme will also gain access to subsidised fertiliser and seeds, agricultural machinery, low-interest loans, crop insurance and advisory services, among other benefits, cutting out intermediaries.
“If farmers of this country are well-off, if the farmers of this country survive, then the whole of Bangladesh will do well and the people of entire Bangladesh will live well,” Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said at the scheme’s official launch in Tangail district, central Bangladesh.
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