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Bangladesh Rice Research Institute

Type: Organization

Name: Bangladesh Rice Research Institute

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Farmers need more drought-tolerant paddy seed in Barind

(BSS)- Farmers in the vast Barind tract needed more drought-tolerant and short-duration varieties of paddy seed to bring diversity in the farming system, speakers at a daylong seminar said.They viewed the drought situation has been exposed in the barind ... [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - May 12 2013]

Entities: Drought-Tolerant, Azizul Haque, Agriculture

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

Incomplete food security plan

RMG sector faces severe blow in int’l market for Savar tragedyDhaka replies to USTR with promise of tight factory monitoringBahadur Shah Park plagued with problems123 killed as building collapses at SavarCall for arrest of building ownerAbdul Hamid sworn ... [Published New Age Bangladesh - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Food Security, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Irrigation, Bangladesh

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Famine will never return : Mozena

BD now needs to export rice. UNB, DhakaUS Ambassador in Dhaka Dan Mozena on Wednesday said that the specter of famine in Bangladesh is gone and it will never return. "In fact, Bangladesh confronts a different challenge yesterday… rice surplus. Bangladesh ... [Published The New Nation - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Dan Mozena, Bangladesh, Famine, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Minimizing yield gap of paddy and other cereal crops stressed

(BSS)- Promotion of modern technology as well as farm mechanization could be the effective means of minimizing the existing yield gap of paddy and other cereal crops, agricultural scientists and researchers said while talking to BSS here today.They said ... [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Food Security, Drought-Tolerant, Agriculture, Wheat, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute

First reported Nov 28 2012 - Updated Nov 28 2012 - 1 reports

International Rice Research Institute

Partnership to Develop Zinc-Enriched Rice

Researchers from Cranfield University, Imperial College London and University of Southampton in the United Kingdom; the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines; the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute; and Japan International Research ... [Published CropBiotech Update - Nov 28 2012]

Entities: Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Zinc Deficiency, International Rice Research Institute, Cranfield university

Quotes

"I have just started harvesting Boro and 'cheena' cultivated in four acre land and the process will be completed by May 15 next before commencement of the rainy season" Shahidul Islam said

Bumper crop production likely in dried-up riverbeds, charlands [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - May 03 2013]

US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan Mozena on Wednesday said that the specter of famine in Bangladesh is gone and it will never return. "In fact, Bangladesh confronts a different challenge yesterday… rice surplus. Bangladesh may need to export more rice" he said while visiting Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) in Gazipur

Famine will never return : Mozena [Published The New Nation - Apr 17 2013]

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Farmers need more drought-tolerant paddy seed i... [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - May 12 2013]
Bumper crop production likely in dried-up river... [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - May 03 2013]
Incomplete food security plan [Published New Age Bangladesh - Apr 24 2013]
Famine will never return : Mozena [Published The New Nation - Apr 17 2013]
Minimizing yield gap of paddy and other cereal ... [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - Apr 17 2013]
Partnership to Develop Zinc-Enriched Rice [Published CropBiotech Update - Nov 28 2012]

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Partnership to Develop Zinc-Enriched Rice [Published CropBiotech Update - Nov 28 2012] Researchers from Cranfield University, Imperial College London and University of Southampton in the United Kingdom; the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines; the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute; and Japan International Research ...