Aman Farming: Recurring flood ruins a season (Daily Star)

Daily Star (Bangladesh) published an article on how Prolonged and multiple monsoon floods have disrupted cultivation of Aman paddy, which provides around 36 percent of total rice production in the country. Senior Research Fellow and Country Representative Akhter Ahmed stated, “Aman is our second largest staple crop. It covers around 36 percent of our total rice production. But this year many farmers could not cultivate Aman.”