Agreement renewed between BADC, Russia for MoP fertiliser import

To ensure the timely supply of quality non-urea fertilisers among farmers and support a safe agricultural production system, Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC), under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture, has been importing non-urea fertilisers from different countries through government-to-government agreements, says a press release.
As part of this ongoing initiative, Muriate of Potash (MoP) fertiliser has long been imported from Russia through separate annual agreements under the existing Letter of Agreement signed between Russia's Prodintorg and BADC.
For the fiscal year 2026-27, the existing agreement between Prodintorg and BADC was renewed on Sunday, for the import of 595,000 tonnes of MoP fertiliser from Russia.
The agreement signing ceremony was held at a city hotel, where Chairman of BADC Md Azizul Islam, signed the agreement on behalf of the corporation. The ceremony was attended by the Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Dr Rafiqul I. Mohamed, along with other representatives from the ministry and BADC.