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Global Vegetable Seed Leader, East West Seed Starts Its Journey with ACI, the Largest Seed Company in Bangladesh

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. We 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 grown on smaller farms can yield better returns. Bangladesh is a very important market for East-West Seed."

Says Dr. F. H. Ansarey, Managing Director & CEO, ACI Agribusiness, ACI Limited, "We are happy to be associated with the East-West Seed, one of the early pioneers in breeding, producing, and delivering high-quality vegetable seeds. With decades of experience behind us, we can effectively reach out to smallholder farmers with suitable products that ensure quality and high productivity. We are very much pleased to associate with East-West Seed to provide high-quality seed among the farmers across the country for productivity and increase the income of the farmer. This co-operation will be avail to bring hi-tech Seed matching with a change environment, market and consumer need.

East-West Seed is a leading Vegetable Seed Company in the world having very strong Research, Production, and Processing facilities across the world. We strongly believe that together we can greatly contribute to the agricultural development of Bangladesh and improvement of livelihood development of farmers."

About East-West Seed

East-West Seed is a global leader in the tropical vegetable seeds market with three and a half decades of experience in breeding, producing, and delivering high-quality vegetable seeds. Founded by Dr. Simon Groot, winner of the World Food Prize 2019, East-West Seed is ranked #1 in the 2019 Global Access to Seed Index, recognizing the commitment and performance in providing the World's smallholder farmers access to quality seeds.