Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 24 -- The farm credit disbursement is expected to cross the target by the end of this fiscal year (FY) as the central bank has beefed up efforts to make such credit available to the farmers, officials said.

The expectation came after achieving 93.28 per cent of the annual agriculture loan disbursement target of BDT 218 billion by the all banks in 11 months to May of the outgoing FY 2018-19.

Talking to the BBN, a top central banker said: "We hope the disbursement to exceed the target by the end of this FY."

He said some banks, including a leading state-owned commercial bank (SoCB), have taken effective measures to achieve their respective disbursement targets.

Meanwhile, the farm credit disbursement grew by 3.63...