BRAC has been working in the agriculture sector since 1972. The objective is to enhance food and nutritional security by ensuring the consistent supply of quality agricultural inputs including resilient varieties, promoting sustainable production technologies and appropriate mechanisation to reduce post-harvest losses.
At a glance
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