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Wednesday | November 11, 2026 | Dhaka

BADC Project Director gains farmers’ trust for quality seeds

 Staff Correspondent
 Published: 12:01 AM, 11 November 2026

Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) Project Director Md. Humayun Kabir has gained farmers’ trust despite false and baseless complaints about the stock and quality of maize seeds and various adversities.

BADC Project Director has said that no complaints, farmers’ interests are the priority and he is working to deliver quality seeds to farmers with transparency and efficiency.

The role of improved seeds is also important in combating the effects of climate change and reducing farmers’ production risks. As a result, the activities of the project are not limited to the administrative or financial activities of an institution, it also involves the issues of the country’s agricultural production and seed market system.

However, some complaints have come to light about the storage, quality and subsequent seed collection process of hybrid maize seeds imported under the project. Due to these complaints, questions have also been raised about the role of the project director, agriculturist Md. Humayun Kabir.

In this reality, it is not reasonable to question the purpose of the entire project or the overall activities of the organisation when a complaint is raised about any element of the ongoing project.

The idea that the director of a government project is responsible for coordinating and supervising the implementation of the entire project, but the daily activities of each warehouse, the physical location of the seeds and every work at the local level are directly under his sole control is not entirely consistent with administrative reality.

At the same time, there is no room to deny the responsibility of supervision and accountability of the project director.

His role needs to be evaluated considering the actual scope of responsibility. According to experts, the success of this Tk 474 crore project will ultimately depend on the timely delivery of quality seeds to the farmers.

The institutional capacity of BADC, the activities of field-level officials, administrative coordination of project implementation and every aspect related to the proper use of government funds are important here.

In addition to the allegations raised about the stock and quality of maize seeds, the larger agricultural production goals of the project and the actual scope of responsibility of the individuals involved also need to be discussed.

Because just as the success of a project is not the achievement of a single individual, it is also not fair to place the responsibility for any allegation of irregularities on one person without evidence.

Again, there is no scope to ignore the complaints related to the quality of stocks or seeds by talking about the larger goal of the project and public interest.

In determining the responsibility of the complaint, the administrative responsibility of the project director, the decisions of the committee, the activities of field-level officials and the role of related documents are considered separately.

This difference is also important in discussing the role of the project director, agriculturist Md. Humayun Kabir.