Bangladesh, May 24 -- One of the great success stories of Bangladesh is its transition from a food-deficit land to a self-sufficient one. The Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) has worked wonder in inspiring and capacitating farmers of the country on the way to tripling and even quadrupling production of the staple in cultivable lands. Today the total cropland has declined but production of cereal -paddy, wheat and maize - has gone up several times to feed a population double the size of Pakistan period.
For several years now - except in 2017 when early flash floods damaged crops in the Haor area of Sylhet due to negligence of timely repair of flood-protection dam - farmers are growing bumper paddy. This year is no exception. But sa...