This presentation aims to put light on status of hybrid seed production in Bangladesh.

1. A Presentation
on
Status of Hybrid Seed Production in Bangladesh

2. Presented by
Khandkar Shaharina Hossain
Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Discipline
Khulna University

3. Main Seed Companies in Bangladesh
Source: https://www.accesstoseeds.org/app/uploads/2018/04/Leading-Seed-Companies-in-South-and-South-East-Asia.pdf

4. Public sector organization

5. Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation
(BADC)
BADC own
 34 Seed Multiplication Farms (SMF)
 22 Regional Seed Marketing Offices (RSMOs)
 22 Regional Seed Sale Centers (RSSC)
 42 District Seed Sales Centers (DSSC)
 36 Upazila Seed Sale Centers (USSC) &
 8052 Registered Seed Dealers

6. Name of Seed Target Actual Achievement in
percentage
Boro Hybrid 1500.00 1613.47 107.56
Hybrid vegetable seed 0.05 0.05 100.00
Hybrid Rice 300 400 133
Hybrid Maize 150 20 13
Target and actual production of seeds during the Financial Year2014-15 (Figure in MT)
Source: ANNUAL REPORT 2014-15, ANNUAL REPORT2014-15BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTCORPORATIONMINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation
(BADC)

7. Private sector organization

8.  3 agriculture research and development centres
 22 production centres
 5 modern equipped seed processing centres with the capacity of 12,000 metric tons per year
 11 modern storage system with the capacity of 4,400 metric tons
 5 own developed hybrid rice varieties
 4 own developed hybrid maize varieties
 10 own developed hybrid vegetable varieties
 450 dealers and over 4,500 sub-dealers in supply chain
 Marketing 53 varieties of vegetable seed, 13 hybrid varieties, 19 high-yield varieties of rice
seed, 14 hybrid varieties of maize seed and 5 varieties of potato seed
 Marketing 1,600 metric tons hybrid rice seed, 1,300 metric tons inbreed rice seed, 590 metric
tons hybrid maize seed, 9600 metric tons potato seed and 125 metric tons vegetable seed
annually
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee
(BRAC)

9. Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee
(BRAC)
Current Market
 26 hybrid varieties & 27 open pollinated varieties of vegetable seed
 13 hybrid varieties & 19 high-yield varieties of rice seed,
 14 hybrid varieties of maize seed
 5 varieties potato seed
Seed business
 19% in hybrid rice
 23% in hybrid maize
 36% in potatoes
 8% in vegetables

10. Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee
(BRAC)
Has developed-
 5 hybrid rice varieties
 4 hybrid maize varieties
 10 hybrid vegetable varieties
 3 open-pollinated vegetable varieties
Market
 1,600 metric tons hybrid rice seed,
 1,300 metric tons high-yielding varieties of
rice seed,
 590 metric tons hybrid maize seed,
 125 metric tons vegetable seeds and
 9,600 metric tons potato seeds.

11.  30 district-level sales offices
 165 varieties of 33 vegetable crops, including 65 hybrids and 76 are open-pollination
varieties which includes:
Lal Teer Seed
The products of Lal Teer include vegetables, rice,, maize, wheat, potato, cotton, jute, oil &
pulses, flowers, and grass.
 9 hybrid and 5 HYV types of rice
 3 maize hybrids
 2 cotton hybrids
 3 flowers hybrids
 2 varieties of jute
 1 variety each of potato, mustard, mung bean and lentil

12. Advanced Chemical Industries
(ACI)
In water melon ACI is still the market leader enjoying 40% market share
Has research and development stations in -
 Rural Development Academy, Bogra
 Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Gazipur and
 Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh
Mainly produces:
 Hybrid vegetable seeds (hybrid cauliflower, hybrid cabbage etc.)
 Hybrid rice seeds

13. Giant Agro Processing Ltd.
Giant Agro Processing Limited is a sister concern of Giant Group, an agro based company
involved in the production, processing, preservation, storage and marketing of seeds.
Main Products: Seed Potatoes

14. Supreme Seed Company
 8 Hybrid Rice
 2 Inbrid Rice
 4 Potato
 3 Maize
 1 of each Hybrid Cotton, Hybrid Wheat & Inbrid Wheat

15. https://www.mordorintelligence.com/industry-reports/seed-sector-analysis-bangladesh-industry
http://www.brac.net/brac-enterprises/item/899-brac-seed-and-agro-enterprise
https://www.wageningenacademic.com/doi/pdf/10.22434/IFAMR2017.0061
https://www.slideshare.net/humayun081/prospect-of-seed-industries-development-in-bangladesh?from_action=save
https://badc.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/badc.portal.gov.bd/annual_reports/77880415_f91c_413d_9368_fc9
58f7b70b4/merged_document.pdf
https://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/38692-Increasing-Food-Security-Through-Improved-Seed-Quality-in-
Bangladesh
https://www.accesstoseeds.org/app/uploads/2018/04/Leading-Seed-Companies-in-South-and-South-East-Asia.pdf
https://bangladeshbusinessdir.com/aci-seeds-bangladesh/
https://www.listcompany.org/Giant_Agro_Processing_Limited_Info.html
https://bangladeshbusinessdir.com/supreme-seed-company-ltd/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Agricultural_Development_Corporation
https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-86961
https://www.accesstoseeds.org/index/south-southeast-asia/company-scorecards/brac-seed-and-agro-enterprise/
References

16. THANK YOU

17. Figure: Seed Production and supplied by BADC in FY 2014-15
Source: ANNUAL REPORT 2014-15, ANNUAL REPORT2014-15BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTCORPORATIONMINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

18. Source: http://www.brac.net/brac-enterprises/item/899-brac-seed-and-agro-enterprise