• seed processing – the first step to high quality oil in Bangladesh
  • seed processing – the first step to high quality oil in Bangladesh
  • seed processing – the first step to high quality oil in Bangladesh
  • seed processing – the first step to high quality oil in Bangladesh
  • Is seed production in the private sector a good idea?
  • Seed production in the private sector has not yet got the necessary support. Development of facilities in public and private sectors for production of sufficient quantity of improved seed and for making them available to the farmers at appropriate time and at reasonable price has been suffering from lack of definite policy directives.
  • What should BADC do to promote a private sector seed industry?
  • BADC should gradually withdraw from production of those kinds of seeds undertaken by the private sector. The Seed Wing should provide technical assistance and other support/services to promote the development of a private sector seed industry. BADC's seed prices should reflect costs more closely and subsidies should be phased out gradually.
  • What is a seed technology course?
  • Establish/strengthen a course in seed technology, which would cover all aspects of the seed industry from seed breeding to its multiplication an distribution, seed policy and seed industry development;
  • Why is quality seed important?
  • Quality seed is considered to be the basic input for increasing agricultural output and thereby achieving self-sufficiency in food production. Effectiveness of other inputs like fertilizer and irrigation depends largely on good seed. But use of improved seed is still very limited. Two major reasons behind this fact are:
  • How can NSB improve the seed sector?
  • Advise NSB on developments in the seed sector; Create a suitable career structure for seed technologists in all seed sector agencies so that staff continuity and retention of experience can be achieved; Improve facilities at entry points for laboratory testing and post-entry quarantine testing.