Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) here has distributed 1,250 tonnes of Boro seeds in the five upazilas of the Joypurhat district to make the Boro cultivation programme a success.
BADC official sources said of the total, 1,100 tonnes seeds were distributed through 110 dealers and 100 tonnes directly among the farmers at the rate of Tk 340 per bag (10 kg).
Shafiul Alom Senior Assistant Director of BADC, Joypurhat told BSS that the local Agriculture Extension Department demanded 900 tonnes of Boro seeds for the district this year but BADC disbursed 1,250 tonnes of seeds.
The BADC also distributed five tonnes of SL-8H super highbred seeds, 1,000 kg of pulse seeds, 1,500 kg of mustard seeds and 600 kg of various vegetable seeds among the farmers of the district at fair prices, sources said. –BSS, Joypurhat
