Thrust on cultivation of zinc-enriched BRRI dhan74

RANGPUR, May 24 (BSS): Experts at a farmers' field day have called for enhancing cultivation and consumption of zinc-enriched BRRI dhan74 rice to meet nutritional demand and increase disease resistance capacity of people.
With the assistance of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), RDRS Bangladesh, an NGO, organised the event at village Ghonapara in Taraganj upazila here to demonstrate cultivation and harvest of BRRI dhan74 rice on Monday afternoon.
The NGO is providing seeds and technologies to farmers for farming zinc-enriched rice varieties during the Boro and Aman seasons with the assistance of HarvestPlus Bangladesh under the Integrated Food System Approach to Build Nutrition Security project.
Agriculture Research and Development Officer of HarvestPlus Bangladesh Md. Ruhul Amin Mondol attended the function held on the exhibition plot of BRRI dhan74 rice of farmer Kochhim Uddin of Ghonapara village as the chief guest.