In Bangladesh and India, serious problems with regard to making high-yielding variety (HYV) rice seeds available and accessible to farmers are noticed. A significant gap exists between demand and supply of most desired and adaptable varieties. In India, while the overall supply of HYV rice seeds...

The paper reveals that formal trade in HYV rice seeds between India and Bangladesh is hampered by inefficiencies in the use of available resources, non-tariff barriers, inappropriate pricing of inputs and outputs, among others. It has been identified that there are significant variations in per...