CropsBadalgachhi sharecropper expects 28 maunds a bigha from Sentu Paijam-21 rice
A variety bred by a farmer from Paijam and Ranjit rice is drawing interest in Naogaon, where other growers are asking for seed before the harvest.
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OpinionBRRI dhan115 black rice could pay farmers well, BRRI officer argues
Bangladesh's first high-yielding black rice, BRRI dhan115, averages 7.4 tonnes a hectare; with good seed, training, quality control and market links it can earn farmers money and improve diets, argues BRRI communications officer Dr M Abdul Momin.
OpinionBRRI at 57: 127 varieties, AI pest watch and four times the rice
In a column for Amar Desh, agriculturist and farm journalist Dr M Abdul Momin credits BRRI's 127 rice varieties, salt-tolerant BRRI dhan117, AI-based pest and disease monitoring and 54 farm machines with a more than fourfold rise in rice output.
CropsSherpur farmer Sentu Hajong has bred 25 rice varieties on 12 kathas of land
Working by cross-breeding on his own plots for 21 years, Nalitabari farmer Sentu Chandra Hajong has developed 25 new rice varieties and keeps disappearing local ones alive; the district agriculture office says it will put his name forward for national recognition.
CropsBurkina Faso breeds eight new rice varieties with nuclear techniques, yields 9-11 tonnes
Using mutation breeding, which speeds up genetic variation with radiation, Burkina Faso has developed eight rice varieties yielding 9 to 11 tonnes a hectare, roughly double the older ones, with support from the IAEA-FAO Atoms4Food initiative.
CropsNagaland farmers see seven new early-maturing, blast-tolerant rice varieties in the field
ICAR's Nagaland centre showed farmers seven rice varieties, released in April after nine years of breeding, that mature in 115 to 120 days, can yield 5 to 7 tonnes a hectare and tolerate blast disease and moisture stress.
CropsJhalokathi plants aman beyond target, expects 93,500 tonnes of rice
Aman was planted on 46,774 hectares against a target of 46,772; high-yielding varieties fell 246 hectares short while local varieties exceeded their target by 248.
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BINA takes nuclear-bred crop varieties to Sunamganj's haor farmers
The Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture's Sunamganj sub-station is training haor farmers in regionally suited rice, mustard and groundnut varieties developed with nuclear techniques and mutation breeding.
CropsBRRI gets three new rice varieties: salt-tolerant, high-yield Boro and blast-resistant
On 18 June 2025 the National Seed Board approved three new varieties from the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute: salt-tolerant Aman BRRI dhan112, high-yielding Boro BRRI dhan113 and blast-resistant Boro BRRI dhan114.
CropsKalna farm in West Bengal trials 21 rice varieties as alternatives to Lalswarna
In September 2019 the Kalna subdivision agriculture farm in Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, India, began trials of 21 rice varieties, looking for alternatives to the long-grown Lalswarna paddy, which officials linked to more pests, falling yields and a late rabi season.