Jamalpur Correspondent :
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) has allotted 202 tonnes of wheat seed in the current Robi season in the district.
According to the Seed Marketing, a wing of BADC, four varieties of wheat seed were allocated to be sold among the farmers through its registered dealers.
The allocated wheat seeds are BARI-25 variety 60 tonnes certified seed, 41 tonnes Truthfully Level Seed(TLS), BARI-26 variety 63 tonnes certified seed and 5 tonnes foundation seed, BARI-28 variety 10 tonnes certified seed, 10 metric tonnes TLS, BARI-29 variety 7 metric tonnes certified and 6 metric tonnes TLS.
Deputy Director of Seed Marketing of BADC office in Jamalpur Md Reazul Islam Tutul said the price of per kilogram foundation wheat seed is Tk 38 for dealers while Tk 44 for farmers. Besides, per kilogram certified and TLS wheat seed are Taka 32 in dealer level and Tk 37 in farmer level, he added.
