3,200 farmers receive free seeds in Bajitpur

The government has distributed free hybrid Boro paddy seeds among 3,200 small and marginal farmers of Bajitpur upazila in Kishoreganj during Rabi season of 2024-25 fiscal to boost the Boro rice production. Bajitpur Upazila Executive Officer Farashid Bin Enam inaugurated the distribution programme in front of the Directorate of Agricultural Extension

Groups respond with seeds & information as salinity harms Bangladesh agriculture

Salinity intrusion triggered by different factors, including sea-level rise, commercial shrimp cultivation, and decreased upstream transboundary water flow, have directly affected agriculture in Bangladesh’s southern coastal districts in Bangladesh, some of which are also major producers of rice, the national staple. Bangladesh is the fourth-highest rice-producing country in the world, producing