Sri Lanka is one of the first countries that follow the Green Revolution methods in agriculture since the beginning of 1970s. The successive governments came into power and the Ministry and Department of Agriculture in particular gave their full blessings for the implementation of these methods. Hence by now, the traditional ways of farming have […]
Bangladesh – Farmers in Bangladesh used to preserve and reproduce local seeds. However, this is no longer the situation. Farmers have been losing control of the seeds. Nowadays, more than 90% of vegetable and rice seeds are controlled and supplied by private companies. MTCP2 Bangladesh made efforts to regain farmers’ control of seeds by forming […]
The secretary of the Coastal Farmers’ Association-CFA (COAST Trust), a participating organization in MTCP2 Bangladesh, recently received the Sher-E-Bangla Agriculture Award for his contribution to seed production and preservation at the community level. Mr. Akhtar is the main promoter of community seed bank in Bhola district, which preserves only local seeds. MTCP2 Bangladesh supports the […]