Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD), a water-saving irrigation technique, has increased rice production in Bangladesh, according to a recent study.  Boro and Aus rice cultivated using the AWD method ...

Rice output dips despite record Boro harvest Aush acreage shrinks, Aman hit by floods Hybrid varieties boost yields, expand cultivation area Imports, favourable weather ease price pressures Bangladesh ...

The farmers in Gopalganj are happy with much higher production from the cultivation of the newly developed high-yielding rice ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AlertNet) Â? Without adequate intervention, rice production in Bangladesh could see a dramatic decline by 2050 due to the impacts of climate change, even as population is projected ...

The expansion of shrimp cultivation has changed the land-use pattern and had a negative effect on the coastal ecosystems of Bangladesh. This study aimed to examine how socioeconomic conditions have ...

Bangladesh must retain at least 6.2 million hectares of paddy land to sustain its current level of rice production, said Md Rafiqul Islam, director for research at the Bangladesh Rice Research ...

DHAKA, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Bangladesh will buy more rice locally in an effort to replenish reserves while it has no plan to import the grain this year, the head of the state grains buyer said on ...

DHAKA, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Bangladesh will export 50,000 tonnes of rice to Sri Lanka for the first time under a government-to-government deal at $450 a tonne including cost, freight and insurance, Food ...

In the low-lying coastal areas of Bangladesh, salinity affects approximately 2.9 million hectares of land. Until recently, this limited the farmers of the area to planting one rice crop a year and ...

Rice isn't grown in the United Kingdom, but this staple of many Asian diets is imported and consumed in Britain every year. The diaspora population in London and across Britain shops for its monthly ...

In Bangladesh, weeds in transplanted rice are largely controlled by labor-intensive and costly manual weeding, resulting in inadequate and untimely weed control. Labor scarcity coupled with intensive ...