Tissue culture

The farmers of Joypurhat district were proved to be fortunate by cultivating potato, following 'tissue culture'. This highly successful tissue cultural potato seeds were supplied by BRAC. Most of the farmers got a very high yield. Witnessing such a rapid growth, the farmers became puzzled. This promising method has been discovered during the cultivating season of potato. The Joypurhat district area office of BRAC distributed 343 metric tons of potato seeds among 636 farmers in the current year.

In spite of being in popular demand, these valuable seeds were not distributed by BRAC later. This potato is cultivated at Khetlal, Kalai and Akkelpur in Joypurhat district. According to BRAC officials, the seeds by using appropriate fertilisers and insecticides in the procedure of tissue culture has a greater chance of success.

The journalists of Joypurhat district went on a trip to the areas where the potato was produced by "tissue culture" --- organised by the Joypurhat BRAC area office.