But as the country looks ahead to 2050, this success story faces serious threats. Climate change, a shrinking labour force, ...

Mymensingh, Bangladesh — New varieties of rice made using nuclear techniques have helped Bangladesh increase its rice production three-fold in the last few decades.This in turn has enabled the country ...

KISHOREGANJ DISTRICT, Bangladesh, May 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Standing in his paddy field in northeast Bangladesh, Shafiqul Islam Talukder holds a handful of empty stalks - all chaff ...

Climate change is one reason farmland in Bangladesh is becoming increasingly saline. This is especially the case in the coastal south, which was traditionally the country's rice basket.

Genetically engineered rice plants that resist the uptake of toxic metals could boost production and ease the shortage of this staple crop in Asia, India and Bangladesh, where irrigation with ...

In 2021, heat shock ruined 21,000 hectares (52,000 acres) of rice crops across Bangladesh. Yet even with the temperature now starting to drop, a new worry has emerged.

So, on his seven acres, Mr. Dang plants rice when there’s freshwater in the canals, ... chief scientific officer at the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Bangladesh will need to produce more.

Grist reports that climate change is loading rice-the beloved grain that feeds more than half of the world’s population-with ...

The top rice producers are in Asia. The world’s top rice producer is China, at 214 million metric tons. India, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Vietnam are next.

DHAKA (Reuters) - 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 ...