Flood resistant rice plant
Your report with photograph, published on 12 July on the subject, joint effort of IRRI and BRRI scientists, is the best news for Bangladesh today. It will herald a new era of rice productivity for us. I salute the scientists for their dedication and hard toil unknown to us!
As reported it will increase Aman rice crop production substantially.
Today it is lost to seasonal flood which submerges and destroys the growing rice saplings. This new breed, will live even when covered under flood water! God willing, by 2010 or 11, we will reap this wonderful benefit of increased Aman rice harvest! I am sure all will agree that this is the best news of 2008 and nothing can surpass it for us in Bangladesh! These dedicated scientists deserve national honour and recognition.
What irks me however is that this trail blazing news of discovery was relegated to the back page. This battle by the scientists to grow more rice; our main food, deserved front-page banner headlines. The front page covered the dragging of political dialogue, and some leadership clash between two mayoral candidates!
It is known to be " For the politicians, of the politicians, by the politicians" and nothing else!
The IRRI-BRRI joint research effort becoming successful is great news.
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