Hybrid rice cultivation in Bangladesh is on the increase by app. 100 per cent
Thanks to the effort of the Government that rice farmers have grown hybrid rice in the ‘boro’ season in over seven lakh hectares compared to 3.9 lakh ha last year. Farmers were motivated to grow more rice to ensure food security and to face the challenge of food shortage in the wake of devastating twin flood and the cyclone ‘Sidr’. Hybrid rice is one good example as to how biotech helps us in enhancing production of staple food crops such as rice during the time of emergency when food is needed most.
The yield of hybrid rice such as Hira, Aloron, Jagoron, Sonar Bangla and Moina, is 20-30% higher than HYV’s, input of fertilizers and other practices remaining the same, initially under the supervision and management of rice hybrid experts. Read More…
