BRRI to
develop 5 more high yielding rice varieties
Our Correspondent . Gazipur | Published: 00:47, Jul 01,2019
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute has developed five new
varieties of high yielding rice.
The institute’s Strengthening Physical Infrastructure and
Research Activities project director Md Humaun Kabir informed it at a workshop
on Sunday.
He also said 70 per cent works of the SPIRA project had been
done.
The project is aimed at reaching BRRI developed rice varieties
to the farm level with a view to enhance cropping intensity, increasing
laboratory and field level research facilities, ensuring in-country higher
education (PhD) of 10 scientists, providing training to 1,125 extension
officials along with 4,320 model farmers, providing training to 50 officials on
project implementation and management, extending foreign training and tour
facilities of the officials, building central research lab, procuring
transports and developing existing office and laboratory buildings.
Agriculture secretary Md Nasiruzzaman attended the workshop as
chief guest with BRRI director general Shahjahan Kabir in the chair.
Agriculture ministry planning wing joint chief Md Rejaul Karim
was the special guest. BRRI director (administration and common service) Md
Ansar Ali delivered the welcome address and BRRI director (research) Tamal Lata
Aditya gave the vote of thanks.
http://www.newagebd.net/article/77100/brri-to-develop-5-more-high-yielding-rice-varieties
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