Develop advanced rice varieties: Matia
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury has asked scientists to develop more rice varieties and appropriate technologies which can withstand adverse environmental effects such as salinity, drought, cold flood and water resurge.
She made the call while inaugurating the Annual Research Review Workshop 2015-16 of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) in Gazipur yesterday, a BRRI press release said.
The technical sessions, highlighting details of the achievements and advances in rice research and extension programmes completed over the last year, research results of 19 research divisions and nine regional stations of the institute carried out in 2015-16, would continue for next five days. Agriculture Secretary Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah chaired the inaugural session.
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