Crops
Ronty Succeeds with 'Black Rice' in Faridpur
Young agricultural entrepreneur Hasibul Hasan Ronty has had a bumper yield of black rice on about two bigha in Faridpur, and the DAE plans to keep his crop as seed for other farmers.
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Rice
Crops
Rice Stocks 'Satisfactory', Yet Prices Are at Their Highest
Government food grain stocks are higher than at the same time in the past two years, yet rice prices are at their peak.
Crops
Mymensingh's Food Grain Output Could Last Over Two Years, Wheat in Deficit
Mymensingh division has a large annual surplus of rice and other paddy-based food but a big shortfall of wheat and maize, which a regional official says farmers will be encouraged to grow.
Crops
BRRI dhan75 Can Be Harvested in 95 Days
Grown on about 400 bighas in the Rajshahi region, the aromatic, short-duration BRRI dhan75 yielded over 5 tonnes a hectare and frees land for mustard.
Crops
Black Rice Paddy Catches the Eye in Nandigram
A farmer in Nandigram upazila of Bogura has drawn crowds by growing black rice for the first time in the area.
Crops
Government to Buy Rice at Tk 42 and Paddy at Tk 28 a Kg
The government will buy eight lakh tonnes of paddy and rice from the domestic market this aman season, paying Tk 42 a kg for rice and Tk 28 for paddy.
Crops
Minicket Exists, Minicket Doesn't
As researchers, BRRI and millers disagree over whether minicket paddy exists at all, the government is drafting a law to stop rice being sold under that name.
Crops
Rice Production to Rise by 33.5 Lakh Tonnes in Three Years
Expanding high-yielding rice varieties could lift Bangladesh's rice output by about 33.5 lakh tonnes by 2024-25, a workshop in Dhaka organised by BRRI and the DAE was told.
Crops
How to Control Rice Stem Borers
Stem borers can cut rice yields by up to 70 per cent, and the Agricultural Information Service sets out how to control them.
Crops
Paddy Variety Must Be Printed on Rice Sacks, No Polishing at Will
A law is being made to require the paddy variety to be printed on rice sacks and to set how much rice may be polished, Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder has said.
Bangladesh
Others Eat 200 Grams of Rice a Day, We Eat 400: Agriculture Minister
Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque says Bangladeshis eat about twice as much rice per head as people in many other countries, and that cutting this would make rice production sustainable.
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.
Agribusiness
Farmers' share of the rice consumer price falls from 65 to 41 per cent in two decades
Farmers now receive only 41 per cent of what consumers pay for rice, down from about 65 per cent two decades ago, a BRRI study finds.