AreaBangladesh

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date22/04/2015

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentProduction support

DescriptionRenewed incentives for Aus paddy cultivation for the 2015 season, allocating BDT 302 million (USD 3.8 million). The funds will serve to provide up to 210 000 farmers with subsidized fertilizers and seeds of high yielding and Nerica rice varieties, facilitating production of an additional 70 000 tonnes of Aus rice.

NotesExchange rate as of 15 September 2015.