Sundarban Farmers Need a Rice Variety That Is Salt-Tolerant But Also Marketable
Sundarban Farmers Need a Rice Variety That Is Salt-Tolerant But Also Marketable The increasing frequency of cyclones means growing high-yielding varieties â which do not grow well on saline soil â is no longer an option. A villager at a temporary shelter on a high ground in the aftermath of Cyclone Yaas, at Ghoramara Island in the Sundarban Delta complex of the Bay of Bengal, Saturday, May 29, 2021 Photo: PTI Environment8 hours ago Kolkata: Cyclone Aila of 2009 had triggered a wave of migration from the Sundarbans region, after the storm surges associated with the cyclone inundated ...
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