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BARI develops 207 high yielding crops
JAMALPUR, May 20, 2019 (BSS) – A total of 207 high yielding crops have
been developed by Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI), which are
contributing to increase food production in the country, an official of BARI
told a workshop here today.
“The varieties included horticultural crops, cereals, pulses, oilseeds,
tuber crops and other technologies such as postharvest processing, seed
technology and biotechnology,” Director ( Research), of BARI Dr Md Abdul
Wahab said.
He said Bangladesh has already witnessed adverse impact of climate change
as carbon emissions is increasing alarmingly due to massive expansion of
industrialization in some countries.
As part of adaptation measures, BARI has developed different stress
tolerant verities of rice and other crops aiming to cope with changed
environment, Dr Wahab said.
“Alongside different stress tolerant varieties, we have intensified
research works for developing high yielding crops to increase food
production,” he added.
Agriculture scientists, researchers and officials from different
government and non-government organizations, among others, were present at
the workshop.
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