Bounteous funds flow into agriculture
Dhaka, Dec. 16 -- Agriculture is having a heyday with bounteous fund inflow as formal farm credits during July-October period grew nearly 27 per cent year on year, as food security remains a prime concern.
The sharp rise in disbursement of agro-credit in the first four months of the current fiscal year gives a big boost to the country's crusade for food security, sources say.
The much-sought-after development comes at a time when think-tanks locally and internationally are forecasting looming food crisis globally mainly because of the ongoing volatility in the supply chain following the Russia-Ukraine war in lockstep with Covid-induced shocks.
However, the disbursement of non-farm rural credits dropped by 5.49 per cent during the same ...
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