Bangladesh – New study: fortified rice can reduce anaemia and zinc deficiency among poor in Bangladesh
The study also found that fortified rice, when combined with training and cash grants for investment, can also contribute to women’s empowerment.
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The study also found that fortified rice, when combined with training and cash grants for investment, can also contribute to women’s empowerment.
Bangladesh has signed a deal to buy 250,000 tonnes of milled rice from Cambodia, two weeks after the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding.
The country has also been importing rice via state-to-state deals.
Rice prices have been rising constantly all over the world
Besides the emergency aid, a farm rehabilitation plan is being worked out to provide free seed and fertilizer for the affected farmers for the next crop season
Millers and traders said rice prices typically go up near the end of a season for dwindling stocks.
With about a 100 rice varieties, Bangladeshi farmers only prefer some of Aman, Boro and Aush paddies.
Research on golden rice began in the 1990s as an effort to develop a type of rice that could counter malnutrition.
Consumption of only 150 gram of Golden Rice a day is expected to supply half of the recommended daily intake (RDA) of vitamin A for an adult.
The variety, developed with support from HarvestPlus, has higher zinc content and is higher yielding than two previously released varieties.