http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=4&id=74567&date=2009-12-04 Farmers get huge success of flood tolerant varieties in Kurigram KURIGRAM, Bangladesh, Dec 4 (BSS)- Farmers of Kurigram district have achieved huge success by cultivating flood tolerant varieties of rice. Aman cultivation suffers almost every year in this region as frequent floods inundate paddy fields. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said Bangladesh Rice Research Institute(BRRI) and International Rice Research Institute(IRRI) under supervision of Solidarity, a non- government organization, cultivated BR-11, Swarna sub-1, IR-64 sub-1 experimentally on 35 acres of land in the district. A field day was held on Wednesday at Kalihati under Sadar upazila on the occasion of harvesting of Swarna ...
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Bangladesh said Wednesday it had developed three varieties of flood-resistant rice, set for commercial launch early next year, to help its millions of poor farmers fight the effects of climate change. The state-run Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) said the three strains can survive under water for more than 15 days, meaning they can withstand many of the floods that hit the impoverished country every year. "It's great news for the country's farmers whose rice crops are regularly lost," BRRI chief Firoz Shah Shikder told AFP. Every year during the June-September monsoon season more than 20 percent of the delta country is underwater as ...
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Sugar Shortage May Be 70 Lakh Tonnes, Says Sharad Pawar Production of sugar in 2009-10 may be only about 160 lakh tonnes against an estimated demand of 230 lakh tonnes during this period, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today said in the Lok Sabha. Answering supplementaries during the Question Hour, he said, 'As per preliminary estimates of the industry, domestic production of sugar in 2009-10 m 1 Vote(s)
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http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/11/19/news0976.htm Bangladesh to grow GM rice by 2012 BSS, Dhaka Bangladesh will grow genetically modified (GM) rice variety known as golden rice by 2012. The rice variety, rich in vitamin ‘A’, will help meet the deficiency of the particular vitamin, lack of which causes childhood blindness and weaken immune system. The Manila-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in an article posted on its web site on Tuesday said the golden rice would grow in Bangladesh and the Philippines by 2012. Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) Director General Dr Md Firoze Shah Sikder told BSS today that BRRI would began test production of the rice ...
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http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=113006 Bangladesh readies flood-tolerant rice 3 varieties to prevent a million tonnes of crop loss a year Reaz Ahmad Bangladesh is set to officially release three flood-tolerant rice varieties that would help farmers prevent up to a million tonnes of annual crop loss caused by flash floods, researches said. Officials concerned told The Daily Star that these rice varieties with submergence-tolerant gene, known as Sub1, can withstand two weeks of complete submergence. “In September, we applied to the Seed Certification Agency for release of the three submergence-tolerant varieties, Swarna-Sub1, BR-11-Sub1, and BR-11-Recombinant-Sub1. Once the Agency completes its field evaluations, these varieties will be officially ...
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