BSS, Rangpur :
The submerged plants of flood tolerant rice varieties survived inundation for up to two weeks and resumed normal growth after recession of the floodwater in the country’s flood-prone areas this season.
The inundated plants of flood tolerant BRRI dhan51, BRRI dhan52, BINA dhan11 and BINA dhan12 Aman rice plants sustained submergence for 15 days in Kurigram, Gaibandha, Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Jamalpur, Sirajganj, Mymensingh and other districts.
According to beneficiary farmers of the Stress Tolerant Rice for Poor Farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA) Project, their submerged and ‘apparently’ rotten flood tolerant variety Aman rice plants are growing now normally after recession of floodwater.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is funding the STRASA-IRRI Project to expand cultivation of stress tolerant rice by implementing the Seed Multiplication Programme with GO-NGO collaboration.
Farmers Ariful Haque Batul, Shahjada Mian and Salek of village Najirdigar in Rangpur said their growing plants of BRRI dhan51, BRRI dhan52 and BINA dhan12 remained submerged for 13 to 14 days at a stretch during the recent floods.
Farmer Rafikul Islam of village Farshkura under Nageswari upazila in Kurigram said that growing plants of BINA dhan11 successfully sustained submerge for 10 days at a stretch at the end of September last.
Farmers Nadalal of village Dakshin Rajpur and Mohammad Shamim of village Katapara in Lalmonirhat said their submerged plants of BRRI dhan52 and BINA dhan11 sustained submergence for 15 days in two phases respectively this season.
The submerged plants of flood tolerant rice varieties survived inundation for up to two weeks and resumed normal growth after recession of the floodwater in the country’s flood-prone areas this season.
The inundated plants of flood tolerant BRRI dhan51, BRRI dhan52, BINA dhan11 and BINA dhan12 Aman rice plants sustained submergence for 15 days in Kurigram, Gaibandha, Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Jamalpur, Sirajganj, Mymensingh and other districts.
According to beneficiary farmers of the Stress Tolerant Rice for Poor Farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA) Project, their submerged and ‘apparently’ rotten flood tolerant variety Aman rice plants are growing now normally after recession of floodwater.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is funding the STRASA-IRRI Project to expand cultivation of stress tolerant rice by implementing the Seed Multiplication Programme with GO-NGO collaboration.
Farmers Ariful Haque Batul, Shahjada Mian and Salek of village Najirdigar in Rangpur said their growing plants of BRRI dhan51, BRRI dhan52 and BINA dhan12 remained submerged for 13 to 14 days at a stretch during the recent floods.
Farmer Rafikul Islam of village Farshkura under Nageswari upazila in Kurigram said that growing plants of BINA dhan11 successfully sustained submerge for 10 days at a stretch at the end of September last.
Farmers Nadalal of village Dakshin Rajpur and Mohammad Shamim of village Katapara in Lalmonirhat said their submerged plants of BRRI dhan52 and BINA dhan11 sustained submergence for 15 days in two phases respectively this season.
