Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Climate change makes hardship for Boro paddy growers in the upcoming season as they are likely to face under surface water shortage as the rainless monsoon pushed Aman growers to irrigation.

Experts said, less of stipulated price of Aman paddy, increasing cost of irrigation due to fuel oil price hike, increase of seeds, pesticides and day labourer wages have made the farmers anxious about growing Boro paddy in the upcoming season.

They said that when the government asked the farmers to grow more foods, the remaining causes of anxieties of the farmers should have to be eliminated soon.

Farmers and experts said that the growing of Aman paddy is not necessary of irrigation but this year almost total cultivation of the pa...