On October 30, 2013 with approvals from the ministries of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and Agriculture (MoA), the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) received permission to release four varieties of Bt brinjal in time for the 2013-2014 growing season: Bt Uttara, Bt Kajla, Bt Nayantara, and Bt ISD006 [REF].
Saplings were distributed to 20 farmers in January 2014 [REF] The Guardian spoke to 19 of 20 farmers growing the Bt brinjal crop in 2014 and established that it has so far had mixed results [REF].