Environment
Zinc-Enriched Rice Can Help Meet Nutritional Needs
Bangladesh has bred zinc-enriched rice and wheat varieties to fight hidden hunger, but milling and relabelling mean consumers rarely find them in the market.
Journalists
Amader Shomoy
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Fruits
BARI Malta-1 Has Changed the Picture of Fruit Imports
A quiet revolution in growing the local BARI Malta-1 is slowly reducing Bangladesh's reliance on imported malta, though consumers still favour foreign fruit.
Crops
BARI Scientists Develop a New Spice Variety, BARI Phiringi-1
BARI scientists at the Spice Research Centre in Bogura have developed BARI Phiringi-1, the first registered variety of a fenugreek-like spice used in panch phoron.
Fruits
Jaggery From Watermelon: A Khulna Farmer's "Togur"
A young farmer in Dumuria, Khulna, has made jaggery from unsold, undersized watermelons, a product officials say could cut waste and support growers.
Bangladesh
BRRI's Five Decades of Contribution to Food Security
Marking its 50th anniversary, the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute describes how its varieties and technologies helped Bangladesh become the world's third-largest rice producer.