Amid changing climate, Bangladesh farming groups conserve indigenous rice seeds

Salinity intrusion triggered by different factors, including sea-level rise, commercial shrimp cultivation and a decrease in water flow from transboundary rivers upstream, has directly affected agriculture in the southern coastal districts of Bangladesh — some of which are also major producers of rice, the national staple. Government agencies have been desperately trying to invent and … Continue reading Amid changing climate, Bangladesh farming groups conserve indigenous rice seeds