USAID project leads to 35pc increase in peanut yield
Peanut was always a low productive crop to the family of Rezaul Karim from Chuadanga for the last 40 years.
But the introduction of improved seed varieties and cultivation method through USAID's agricultural value chains (AVC) has put a smile on the face of the 37-year-old farmer.
“My family has been engaged in peanut farming for the last 40 years. Never did I, or my ancestors, ever witness yield of such grand scale and quality of [peanuts],” said Rezaul.
AVC has led to a 35 percent increase in peanut yield, and a 25 percent increase in the income of the farmers, said a USAID press release yesterday.
Since 2014, USAID has been implementing AVC with the partnership of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) and Partex.
AVC is an initiative in the region to address the challenges of using poor quality seeds by farmers, and their poor technical know-how on productive cultivation practices.
As of August 2018, with AVC's support, Partex has increased production of quality seeds through three seed production hubs in Chuadanga, Barguna, and Patuakhali.
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