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ADB to Invest $1.5 Billion in Low-Carbon Rice Production
The Asian Development Bank plans to invest more than $1.5 billion from 2025 to 2030 to expand low-carbon rice production in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Pakistan and the Philippines.
The Asian Development Bank plans to invest more than $1.5 billion from 2025 to 2030 to expand low-carbon rice production in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Pakistan and the Philippines.
Jamal Khan, who lost his mother at 10 and could not finish primary school, built a nursery in Rupganj with Tk 1.2 lakh saved from selling fish fry and now earns more than Tk 5 lakh a year.
Agriculture minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque told an FAO conference in Rome that Bangladesh needs Tk 15,000 crore of investment in four priority farm sectors over five years.