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encourage private sector seed supplies. BADe should promote maize seed production through
private sector by giving technical assistance and leasing its seed processing facilities to
private seed companies. This would be in accordance with the new National seed Policy. The
hybrids that have already been tested would be imported from abroad. seeds should be disseminated
through official agencies. Research and development should continue to allow scientists and
farmers to assess their performance and to identify suitable varieties for the rabi, kharif 1 and
kharif 2 seasons. The rabi season requires a temperate-tropical hybrid variety with some cold
tolerance, especially for northwest Bangladesh, whereas, the kharif seasons both require lowland
tropical germplasm.
Table 13.
Results of maize demonstrations and trials executed by IFDC and BAAL
season Variety Area No. locations Yield
(ha)
(t/ha)
Rabi 90-91.11 Barnali 11.6 9 5.7
Kharif 90-91lJ Barna1i 0.1 4 2.9
Suwan 2 O. t 4 3.8
Cargi 11 0.1 4 4.4
Pac. 10 0.1 4 4.3
Pac. 11 0.1 4 4.3
Rabi 91-92.L! Barna1 i 1.4 2 5.9
Barna1 i 60.2 16 4.6
Rabi 9JJ92 var. P3252 0.005 7.2
trial I Pac. 11 0.005 6.7
P3276 0.005 6.4
P3234 0.005 5.7
Cargi 11 0.005 5.6
Pac.10 0.005 5.6
P3250 0.005 5.3
P3274 0.005 5.2
P3248 0.005 4.8
SMC 357 0.005 4.4
SUWan 2 0.005 3.9
Barna1 i 0.005 3.6
Rabi 86-87-V EVT (14 entries) 15 m 5 x=5.4
Barna1i (check) 15 m 5 4.9
Source Jl Maize Report, International Fertilizer Deve10pmt. Center (IFDC), 1992.
-fl Annual Rept. 1986-87, Plant Breeding Div. BAAl, 1992.
Synthetic varieties should also be tested and expanded if they show good performance.
should be initially based on germp1asm developed by BAAl and importing seed from abroad.
This
Phase 2: (5 years and on)
Depending on past performance and demand of farmers, continue to base maize development on a
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