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East West Seed starts journey with ACI


Published : 03 Sep 2020 08:34 PM | Updated : 07 Sep 2020 11:24 AM

East-West Seed, a leader in the vegetable seeds market in association with ACI Seed is back in Bangladesh with renewed vigor by registering and launching of 71 high-performing, high-quality vegetable seed hybrids such as Palee Plus (bitter gourd), Bir Super (ridge gourd), Sonabou (pumpkin), Tamim Plus (cucumber), bottle gourd, and other varieties which are highly beneficial to smallholder farmers currently distressed by the pandemic. 

All varieties have been tested in Bangladesh with farmers across locations such as Jashore, Mymensingh, Cumilla, and Chattogram. 

Says Dilip Rajan, Managing Director of East-West Seed, "Smallholder farmers face many challenges in these difficult times, quality, and transportability of their produce to the marketplace being the major ones". 

He further said that they have chosen to introduce hybrids suitable for the market while offering higher productivity with greater resilience to pests and disease while ensuring a better flavor experience for the consumers. 

In these troubled times, vegetables represent a real contribution to the development and offer a better economic choice for the smallholder farmer- high-value crops