The prime minister stressed the need to strengthen research work to invent saline-, cold-, and draught-tolerant varieties of rice—on a large scale—and improve deep water rice varieties. They can easily adopt technology,” Nazrul quoted the prime minister as saying. She asked the authorities concerned to take steps to boost rice production in the southern region. IRRI's director general said IRRI is keen to undertake a collaborative program with BRRI to increase rice production in Bangladesh. BRRI Director General Dr Md Shahjahan Kabir, IRRI representative for South Asia Dr Nafees Meah, and IRRI representative for Bangladesh Dr Humnath Bhandari also attended the meeting.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 21, 2019 10:30 UTC