Dhaka, Dec. 3 -- A recent study has found that Bangladesh has achieved higher rice yields by adopting Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD), a water-efficient irrigation technique.

According to the research, Boro and Aus rice grown with AWD recorded yield improvements of 32.2% and 20.5% respectively. The findings were presented on Tuesday by Taichi Watanabe, CEO of the Japanese company AJI-CLE. The results were shared at the International Seminar on Farmers' Capacity Building Initiatives for Climate Resilient Agriculture in Bangladesh through Low-Carbon Ecosystems, organised under the ICRA-BD Project at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka. Experts highlighted that AWD can lower carbon emissions by up to five tonnes per hectare.

The IC...