In Bangladesh, the overall production of rice could be increased by at least 50 per cent if supply of hybrid variety paddy seeds can be ensured to the farmers of all eight districts under the Rangpur Agriculture Zone.

Despite the high cost and inadequate supply of hybrid seeds, farmers of the zone achieved tremendous successes by almost doubling their production target of hybrid variety Boro rice during the last Rabi season.

The farmers planted on 53,891 hectares to produce 2,38,500 MT hybrid variety Boro rice with an average production rate of 4.43 MT rice (6.645 tonnes paddy) per hectare against the fixed target of bringing 27,715 hectares during the last Rabi season in RAZ.