Addressing a workshop at Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (Barc), the minister welcomed a joint effort of Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and Bangladesh’s Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF) and national agricultural research system (Nars) in developing stress tolerant varieties, particularly of pulses and oilseeds as Bangladesh is running deficit in their production, reports UNB. KGF organized the workshop titled “Promoting pulses, oilseeds, maize and other crops in stress-prone areas in Bangladesh.”Matia Chowdhury thanked ACIAR for the useful cooperation extended by the Australian government and also thanked KGF for accelerating cooperation in agro-science. The agriculture minister said: “Considering the recent development process of expansion of industries in the north we need to develop agriculture in the potential region in the south which was once known as granary of Bangladesh. With the constraints with tidal water along with salinity, we need to develop sustainable production system with profitable farming options. “Short duration and early maturing and cold tolerant cropping options remain a solution in those areas.

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 29, 2018 16:41 UTC