“Saltiness in coastal farming and the quiet change of ‘Bangabandhu Dhan (Paddy) 100’”
Rising sea levels from climate change have caused salinity to become a big issue in farms in the southern part of the country (Khulna, Satkhira, Patuakhali). Thousands of hectares of land remain uncultivated. To fix this big environmental problem, the salt-tolerant rice types ‘Bangabandhu Dhan (Paddy) 100’ and ‘Bri Dhan......