Rare seeds

Rare seeds

Black beauty tomatoes at Jamil's garden Photo: Mumit M/TBS

On a quest for rare varieties of seeds

A passionate agriculturist, Ahmed Jamil has a remarkable collection of rare and exotic seed varieties

Yusuf Mollah, a 60-year-old farmer from Rajshahi, has a collection of 300 critically endangered native paddy seeds. Photo: TBS

A farmer’s 50-year pursuit to preserve local paddy varieties