As world leaders prepare to convene at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, to chart a global path on carbon reduction, climate adaptation, and finance, the effects of inaction are already hitting home. In ...

Experts said the slow uptake is mainly due to the country’s traditional irrigation water pricing system, uneven land topography, and significant gaps in farmers’ knowledge and awareness.

Climate change impacts hit rice harvests for some farmers Vegetable production on the rise as a more profitable crop Yet farmers say swapping rice for vegetables has challenges RAJSHAHI, Bangladesh, ...

Floods in Bangladesh have destroyed an estimated 1.1-million metric tons of rice, according to data from the agriculture ministry, prompting the country to ramp up imports of the staple grain amid ...

Bangladesh advances rice research through BRRI with climate-resilient varieties, modern technologies and sustainable ...

The mid-western region of Bangladesh has long been characterized by dry weather due to low rainfall. However, over the last four decades, the agriculture thrived here due to a government-run ...

Bangladesh is already facing the brunt of climate change in its major rice-growing regions, according to Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) Director General Mohammad Khalequzzaman, as the ...

The arsenic that has contaminated much of Bangladesh's drinking water supply is also getting into its rice, according to a new study. Irrigating rice fields with tainted well water could be ...

Rice production in the haor region is increasingly at risk due to climate change, jeopardizing one of Bangladesh’s primary sources of rice. A large portion of Bangladesh's Boro rice—around 25%—comes ...

Despite decades of reform and strong public research institutions, Bangladesh’s seed system continues to fall short of meeting farmers’ needs. Structural gaps in access, affordability, and climate res ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Bangladeshi rice researchers’ concern over a Bloomberg report about methane emission resulted in the installation of a real-time data-providing GHG ...