Cultivation of flood tolerant rice becomes popular in BD
Friday, 28 November 2014
Cultivation of flood-tolerant variety rice has already become popular among the farmers to change their fortune as its harvest is nearing completion with bumper yield in the country during the Aman season. The growing plants of flood tolerant BRRI dhan 51, BRRI dhan 52, BINA dhan 11 and BINA dhan 12 rice survived submergence for over two weeks during recent floods and resumed normal growth again to give better yield. Agriculture and Environment Coordinator of RDRS Bangladesh Mamunur Rashid said farmers have already completed harvest of BINA dhan 11 and BINA dhan 12 rice and they are now harvesting BRRI dhan 51 and BRRI dhan 52 variety rice with excellent yield rate. The Stress Tolerant Rice for Africa and South Asia (STRASA) Project, being funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), extends assistance for cultivation of stress tolerant rice with GO-NGO collaboration through the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), according to a news agency.