Rijuta Garapaty, Rituparna Majumder, Suman Dhakal Monday, April 6, 2020 Kashiram Khanal, one of the farmer leaders from the Torikhet cluster of the Chitwan region, is one of many farmers who are benefiting from the Seed Village Model at the Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU) […]
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Impact of Bt Brinjal Cultivation in the Market Value Chain in Five Districts of Bangladesh
This study was conducted in 2019 in five districts in Bangladesh and examined the impacts of using genetically engineered, insect-resistant brinjal (Bt brinjal) on its value and marketing.
Bt eggplant in Bangladesh: Public sector paved the path for success, time now for private sector to step-in!
Author: Rituparna Majumder Historically, private sector companies have been dominating the development, introduction, distribution and growth of biotech crop market around the world. Bt eggplant is one of the few genetically modified products, developed by a public sector institution, to have been commercialised for cultivation […]
Seed Industry Program in Bangladesh
Author: Poornima Gade Globally the seed industry is undergoing significant transformation due to rapid strides made in trait development, trait convergence, and smarter reach of products to growers and application of information analytics for strategic business growth. There is a need for the Bangladesh seed […]
Using DNA Fingerprinting to Determine Varietal Adoption in Wheat across Bangladesh and Nepal
Rijuta Garapaty, Poornima Gade and Rituparna Majumder Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Wheat is one of the major cereal crops in Bangladesh and Nepal. Traditional varieties and landraces are abundant and valued in these countries, but population growth, vulnerability to climate change and diseases necessitates efficient […]
US Ambassador to Bangladesh tours Bt brinjal field
Author: Joan Conrow The US Ambassador to Bangladesh congratulated the nation on moving forward with genetically modified food crops after viewing a demonstration plot growing pest-resistant Bt brinjal (eggplant). “I’m pleased the [Bangladesh] Ministry of Agriculture and other bodies are working so hard to educate […]
Feed the Future delegation visits BARI
A four-member delegation of ‘Feed the Future’ biotech projects visited Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute in Gazipur on Tuesday. The members of the delegation include Ronnie Coffman, director, IP-CALS, Cornell University, USA; Maricelis Avecedo, projects director, FtF Biotech Eggplant, Cornell University, USA; Vijay Paranjape, associate director, […]
Progressive Nepalese wheat farmers celebrated at fair
Rijuta Garapaty, Rituparna Majumder and Suman Dhakal Thursday, July 11, 2019 An innovative wheat seed production project in Nepal celebrated astounding growth by bringing some of its most successful farmers to an agricultural fair aimed at connecting people across the entire wheat value chain. Implemented […]
South Asian scientists trained on ‘art and science’ of wheat rust research
Richa Kapur Thursday, July 11, 2019 The wheat fields of South Asia account for nearly 20% of global production, making it a critical hotspot for scientists battling devastating wheat diseases like stem, yellow and leaf rusts that can wipe out entire crops. More than a […]