Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation

BADC is focused on reducing reliance on imported agricultural inputs by scaling domestic production and improving project implementation efficiency.

BADC was originally established in 1961 under E.P. Ordinance No. XXXVII of 1961 as the East Pakistan Agricultural Development Corporation; renamed BAISSC in 1975 and BADC in 1976; the current governing statute is the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation Act, 2018 (Act No. XXXV of 2018), confirmed by bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd and corroborated by The Daily Star's report on the BADC Bill 2018 being tabled in the Jatiya Sangsad. Banglapedia and Wikipedia both confirm six and five operational wings respectively (slight discrepancy: Banglapedia lists Administration, Irrigation, Seed, Supply, Planning, Finance; Wikipedia lists Seed & Horticulture, Minor Irrigation, Fertilizer Management, Finance and Administration -- the Wikipedia list is more current as it reflects post-privatisation restructuring); both agree on a sanctioned staff count of 25,451. Current Chairman Md Azizul Islam confirmed appointed 9 February 2026 per New Age Bangladesh; Dhaka Tribune corroborates the subsequent Gabtoli field inspection on 21 February 2026. head_since set to 2026-02-09 per New Age BD explicit date. BADC's seed supply share stated as 33% of national supply per IRRI-BADC inception workshop (26 June 2025, Rice News Today confirmed date); earlier TBS explainer (2024) cited 11.5% -- the 33% figure is more current and comes from BADC's own programme documentation presented at the June 2025 PARTNER workshop; the discrepancy likely reflects different baselines (volume vs. value, or rice seed vs. all seeds). Both figures recorded in notes; the 33% figure (from June 2025 IRRI/BADC workshop materials) is used in last_known_position as the most current. The February 2026 fertilizer procurement figures are cross-verified across BSS News (bssnews.net/agriculture-news/359623 and business/357476), Bangla Mirror News, and UNB. The Integrated Fertiliser Dealer Policy-2025 date (16 November 2025) confirmed by BSS News official publication announcement and New Age Bangladesh. annual_budget_bdt is null: no separate BADC budget line is publicly available in the FY2025-26 budget documents; BADC's operating costs are embedded in the Ministry of Agriculture budget envelope. Minor Irrigation Survey Report 2023-24 published April 2025 on BADC portal -- specific aggregate statistics not extracted as the PDF was not accessible in full; URL included in sources for reference. staff_count of 25,451 is the sanctioned figure from Banglapedia/Wikipedia; actual deployment as of the mid-1990s was already down to approximately 10,781 due to privatisation of inputs supply; current actual headcount is not publicly disclosed.