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Only a third of Bangladesh seed reaches farmers through a tested system
Of an annual seed demand of about 1.3 million tonnes, only 30 per cent reaches Bangladeshi farmers through the formal, quality-controlled system.
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Of an annual seed demand of about 1.3 million tonnes, only 30 per cent reaches Bangladeshi farmers through the formal, quality-controlled system.
Fewer than a third of Tanzania's smallholders use improved seed. A new national strategy, co-designed with CGIAR and USAID, aims to take the area under improved seed from three million to six million hectares and the agro-dealer network from 3,000 to 12,000.