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The Government is going to seed Act-2013 ensuring a rational participation by both in the public and the private sector to increase production through the use of quality seeds to formulate, officials said at a workshop Saturday.
The proposed seed Act-2013 will integrate issues such as punishment for adulterated seeds, trade, compensation payments to farmers, if not expected return on cultures, development and marketing of seed, its import / export criteria, etc. offer a particular seed.
At a workshop in the style, it was announced that organized by the Ministry of agriculture with the support of Bangladesh investment climate Fund (BICF) wing seed a city hotel, "seed sector in Bangladesh: growth through regulatory reform" instead.
The Agriculture Ministry SM Nazmul Islam ' at the talk as Chief visitor said, that the challenge for the farming of the land-fall in arable land with increasing number of people.
"So, it's a must, to the challenge to ensure seed quality can give the expected crops" he said.
The seed wings Director General Anwar Fahad presided over the program. He said that new law will change the seed seed regulation 1977.
The new seed law will make sure rational supply participation of the private and public sectors to improve the quality and variety of seed.
He said "opinion and suggestions from the public and private sector, experts, students and researchers before entry into force of the law be taken".
Farmers, scientists, seed technologists, private seed companies, Bangladesh seed Association (BSA) representatives attended the workshop session.
A total of three papers on proposed seed Act were presented in the workshop.
FH Ansary, Executive Director of ACI is presented a paper that said share of the private sector in the rice-seed business, now 16 percent while it is dominated by hybrid seeds. It is almost 90 percent, noted the paper.
The paper said strict rules and regulations for the private seed companies to import, development and marketing of seed varieties hinder the growth of the sector.
"People can now test vegetables year-round thanks to the initiative of the private sector. Are sold the future seed companies in the private sector so that the new seed law should be more private sector-friendly, "the newspaper said.
Director of the seed certification agency (SCA) presented a paper that focuses on some key points of the draft of law A H Iqbal Ahmed.
The clause on compensation to the farmers appreciate it when they get not expected harvest from a registered seed marketed by private or public sector.
The paper also revealed that the Bill has proposed to bring all kindergartens under registration on energy supply of quality seeds and plants for people.
The paper is also pointed out that the punishment of adulterated seed companies is very low.
"The draft law highest 30 days imprisonment and TK 30,000 penalty for the marketing of adulterated seeds involved dealers has proposed," the newspaper said.
"The proposed seed Act-2013 for seed sector growth in Bangladesh" was a further lecture by Prof Shahidur Rashid Bhuiyan, President of Sher-e-Bangla agricultural University plant breeding and Genetics Society of Bangladesh (PBGSB).
The paper found some anomalies associated with the use of some "Bangla words and phrases" should be changed.
Dr Baker demanded the participation of PBGSB from under the new Act seeds will be technical Board of.
Chief scientific officer of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) Dr. Md Anser Ali pointed out that if the proposed seed law imposes restrictions of less importance on budgetary levels, much more, which help supply chain of seeds and plants in natural disasters, would affect the farmers there.
"If beds of seeds and seedlings of flood affected, thousands of small farmers supply seedlings for other farmers and maintain the production." If you have prior to the registration effort, it seeds supply might influence in time of crisis, "he said.
Answers to them, the seed was to wing head Faruqe said the marginal farmers sell and seedlings at the village level can continue their efforts market under the law.
Kamal Uddin, Director General of Bangladesh jute Research Institute (BJRI), Rafiqul Islam Sebastian, Director-General of BRRI, BSA President M Anis UD doula, BSA Secretary Syed AKM Asadul Amin Dadon, BICF M Masroor Mahbub, Program Manager, inter alia also said have the opportunity.
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