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How Bangladesh's Flood-Prone North Is Using Corn to Lift Itself Out of Poverty Corn needs less water and brings in more money than other staple crops in northern Bangladesh. By Mosabber Hossain LALMONIRHAT DISTRICT, Bangladesh, May 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — The people of Shaniazan union, in northern Bangladesh, still remember when a river burst its banks in the early 1990s and engulfed their homes, leaving the land too sandy to grow traditional rice and tobacco crops. Back then, they desperately struggled to feed their families. Today, the collection of villages in Lalmonirhat distri...

FEATURE-Corn crop feeds prosperity in Bangladesh's flood-prone north Reuters 1 hr ago * Melting mountain ice leads to more severe, frequent flooding * Farmers have produced a record 1 million tonnes of maize this fiscal year * State backs corn farming to replace thirstier crops, meet demand By Mosabber Hossain LALMONIRHAT DISTRICT, Bangladesh, May 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The people of Shaniazan union, in northern Bangladesh, still remember when a river burst its banks in the early 1990s and engulfed their homes, leaving the land too sandy to grow traditional rice and tobacco crops....

  >> Thomson Reuters Foundation,  Farmers fill up burlap sacks with corn from their fields. Photo: tanvir ahammed The people of Shaniazan union, in northern Bangladesh, still remember when a river burst its banks in the early 1990s and engulfed their homes, leaving the land too sandy to grow traditional rice and tobacco crops. "); } Back then, they desperately struggled to feed their families. Today, the collection of villages in Lalmonirhat district has a bustling marketplace, well-built homes with TVs inside and solar panels on the roofs, and thriving fields of a crop that pulled the c...