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A rare paddy variety, which is cultivated in the remote shoals of Brahmaputra basin under Kurigram district, is slowly but surely making its marks in the country’s rice market.
A riverine country like Bangladesh is host to hundreds of chars (shallow lands in the river that rise when the water level decreases), which in turn are home to millions of people. Their remote locations and lack of communication means an average person living in a village nearby might not be aware of everything happening in these chars.
Bumper yield of catkin, locally called kashia, this season has brought smiles to many farmers in Kurigram’s Chilmari upazila as they are earning a handsome profit by selling the produce at good prices due to its high demand.