Staff Reporter :
The rice production has increased more than three times in the country in four decades according to a research review of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI).
BRRI has developed 72 high yielding varieties rice so far. Of them, four are hybrid. Some of the high bride have three times higher yield potential than the traditional rice. At present BRRI varieties cover 80 percent of the total rice area that accounts for 91 percent of the total rice production of the country. BRRI varieties have played a vital role in making Bangladesh a self-relient country in rice production, according to the key note paper of BRRI which was placed at “Annual Research Review Workshop” held in the auditorium of the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute in Gazipur on Wednesday. It will be continued January 5.
The Minister for Agriculture Matia Chowdhury was the chief guest in the inaugural session of the workshop with Dr S M Nazmul Islam, the Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, in the chair. Executive Chairman of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council Dr Abul Kalam Azad, BRRI Director General Dr Jiban Krishna Biswas, Director General of the Department of Agricultural Extension A Z M Mamtazul Karim, BRRI Director (Administration and Common Service) Dr Md Shahjahan Kabir and BRRI Director (Research) Dr Md Ansar Ali, among others, spoke in the function.
The minister says that the country has become rice exporter which is the contribution of the rice research institution.
The country has done it successfully avoiding a presumable human catastrophe even though the increasing population that has already been tripled over the years, the minister said.
Experts and officials from different government and non-government organizations including BARC, DAE and IRRI along with universities as well as farmers’ representatives attended the workshop.
BRRI has developed several technologies in 2013-14 including seven high yielding varieties of some special qualities. Among them, BRRI dhan62 and BRRI dhan64 are zinc enriched, BRRI dhan61 and BRRI dhan66 are salt tolerant, BRRI dhan66 or soru balam has the slender grain, BRRI dhan65 is an early maturing Aus variety and suitable for direct seeding, BRRI dhan68 is a standard high yielding Boro variety and low input consuming BRRI dhan69.
In recent years, it has also developed BRRI dhan58, which is similar to BRRI dhan29 and is widely popular to the farmers. However, the newly developed variety matures about seven days earlier than the BRRI dhan29.
The rice production has increased more than three times in the country in four decades according to a research review of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI).
BRRI has developed 72 high yielding varieties rice so far. Of them, four are hybrid. Some of the high bride have three times higher yield potential than the traditional rice. At present BRRI varieties cover 80 percent of the total rice area that accounts for 91 percent of the total rice production of the country. BRRI varieties have played a vital role in making Bangladesh a self-relient country in rice production, according to the key note paper of BRRI which was placed at “Annual Research Review Workshop” held in the auditorium of the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute in Gazipur on Wednesday. It will be continued January 5.
The Minister for Agriculture Matia Chowdhury was the chief guest in the inaugural session of the workshop with Dr S M Nazmul Islam, the Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, in the chair. Executive Chairman of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council Dr Abul Kalam Azad, BRRI Director General Dr Jiban Krishna Biswas, Director General of the Department of Agricultural Extension A Z M Mamtazul Karim, BRRI Director (Administration and Common Service) Dr Md Shahjahan Kabir and BRRI Director (Research) Dr Md Ansar Ali, among others, spoke in the function.
The minister says that the country has become rice exporter which is the contribution of the rice research institution.
The country has done it successfully avoiding a presumable human catastrophe even though the increasing population that has already been tripled over the years, the minister said.
Experts and officials from different government and non-government organizations including BARC, DAE and IRRI along with universities as well as farmers’ representatives attended the workshop.
BRRI has developed several technologies in 2013-14 including seven high yielding varieties of some special qualities. Among them, BRRI dhan62 and BRRI dhan64 are zinc enriched, BRRI dhan61 and BRRI dhan66 are salt tolerant, BRRI dhan66 or soru balam has the slender grain, BRRI dhan65 is an early maturing Aus variety and suitable for direct seeding, BRRI dhan68 is a standard high yielding Boro variety and low input consuming BRRI dhan69.
In recent years, it has also developed BRRI dhan58, which is similar to BRRI dhan29 and is widely popular to the farmers. However, the newly developed variety matures about seven days earlier than the BRRI dhan29.
