The poor farmers in different upazilas of Narsingdi are facing uncertainty over cultivation of transplanted aman paddy this year due to acute shortage of seeds. The farmers, particularly in char areas of the district, are yet to collect seeds of T-aman paddy in the peak season due to crisis of seeds, local sources said. Everyday, several hundred farmers are crowding the BADC godowns for seeds but most of them return home disappointed, they said. Some farmers told New Age that they had kept seeds reserved for cultivation but the food crisis caused by last year's flooding in their areas had compelled them to eat all the seeds. The deputy director of the Department of Agricultural Extension said they had managed to procure additional one tonne of T-aman seeds from the BADC.