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Self-sufficiency in rice production may take 3-5 years: agricultural minister
Bangladeshi farmers harvest rice in a field in Manikganj on the outskirts of Dhaka on August 27, 2018. Photo: AFP Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
Agricultural minister today said that attaining self-sufficiency in rice production might take three to five years for Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute has invented a new type of rice which is more high-yielding than the existing kinds, Mohammad Abdur Razzaque said during a press briefing, adding that when its production will begin in wide-range, Bangladesh will not need to import rice.
Earlier, authorities and ministers had said that Bangladesh is self-sufficient in rice production and government was thinking of exporting it.
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Farmers urged to cultivate zinc enriched paddy profusely The New Nation
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Agri experts in a function here urged the farmers to cultivate zinc enriched paddy innovated by Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BARI) on larger scale to meet the demand of zinc of people and build a healthy nation.
Zinc enhances immune system as it may also be very important for reproductive health, proper growth and development in children, bone health, vision, hearing, digestion, skin, and hair growth, they said.
They made the comments while addressing a Field Day on the harvest of BRRI Dhan-74 and BRRI Dhan-84 in the land of farmer Yakub Ali at Chhoto Doulatpur village under Khordo Komorpur union of Sadullapur upazila here on Tuesday afternoon.
Farmers urged to cultivate zinc enriched paddy profusely
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GAIBANDHA, May 5, 2021 (BSS) – Agri experts in a function here urged the farmers to cultivate zinc enriched paddy innovated by Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BARI) on larger scale to meet the demand of zinc of people and build a healthy nation.
Zinc enhances immune system as it may also be very important for reproductive health, proper growth and development in children, bone health, vision, hearing, digestion, skin, and hair growth, they said.
They made the comments while addressing a Field Day on the harvest of BRRI Dhan-74 and BRRI Dhan-84 in the land of farmer Yakub Ali at Chhoto Doulatpur village under Khordo Komorpur union of Sadullapur upazila here on Tuesday afternoon.