BSS, Jamalpur :
Contract Growers Office, a component of Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) has procured 3,261 tonnes of borro seed this year.
Office sources said five varieties of boro seed were procured from June to August this year. The varieties are-BRRI-28, BRRI-29, BR-26, BR-14 and Nerica Kudrat.
The variety seed procurement is as follows: 1,199 tonnes BRRI-28, 1,796 tones BRRI-29, 86 tonnes BR-26, 164 tonnes BR-14 and 12 tonnes Nerica Kudrat.
The office said a total of 3,261 acres of land were brought under boro cultivation in 288 schemes to procure the target.
Deputy Director BADC Khogengra Chandra Roy said, we purchased the seeds from our 1,154 registered farmers. The price of per kilogram seed of BRRI-28 and BR- 26 Taka 31 and the rest varieties Taka 30.50.
