Promote use of seeds of 'Hybrid Bhutta-3'
Speakers tell Bari training
Staff Correspondent
Against a projected domestic demand of 10 lakh tonnes, Bangladesh grows only 2.6 lakh tonnes of maize a year but the yields could be raised by ensuring local production of quality seeds.Speakers said this at a two-day training on hybrid maize seed production, organised by the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (Bari) and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre recently. The country has become so much dependent on imported seeds, they said and called on the seed companies to promote the use the seeds of 'Hybrid Bhutta-3', a new breed developed by the Bari, for higher yields. Thirty-one representatives from seven seed companies -- East-West, Siddique Seeds, AR Mallik and Co., Classic Agro Resource, Setu Marketing, South Paul Seed and Deepita -- attended the programme held at the seminar room of The Bari. Chairman of Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) Md Ismail, and Affiliate Liaison Scientist of the international centre Dr MA Razzaque spoke at the inaugural session. Bari Director General Dr Md Shahidul Islam presided.
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