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Director General
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute
Gazipur 1701, Bangladesh
Phone: (88-02) 9252736; 9257401-05
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Research Projects

Plant Breeding Division

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Project Title

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Improvement of standard boro rice .

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Breeding for cold tolerance .

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Breeding for super high yielding rice .

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Breeding for low amylose content .

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Genetic improvement of Upland rice .

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Improvement of rice for haor area .
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Genetic improvement of Transplant Aus rice .

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Improvement of rice for shallow flooded environment.

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Improvement of rice for deep flooded environment .

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Breeding rice for flood free rainfed lowland ecosystem.

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Development of varieties for tidal wetlands.

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Breeding for flash flood submergence.

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Breeding varieties for salt tolerance.

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Development of premium quality rice .

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Breeding for micronutrient dense rice.

 Biotechnology Division 

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Project Title

 1

Development Efficient Plant Regeneration Methods of Rice seed and panicle culture.

2

Development of protocol for Another Culture of japonica and indica Rice Varieties.

 3

Development of Several Homozygous lines having HYV Characteristics.

 4

Transgenic Rice Research.

 Genetic Resources and Seed

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Project Title

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Genetic Resources Conservation and Management

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Seed Production and Maintenance(will be continued)

Grain Quality and Nutrition 

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Project Title

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Physicochemical and Cooking Properties of Rice

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Grain Quality Parameters for Consumer's Preference.

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Nutritional Quality Assessment of Rice

Agricultural Economics Division 

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Project Title

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Farm Level Evaluation of Modern Rice Cultivation in Bangladesh(Routine work).

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Producers' Return from Rice Cultivation.

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Document the adoption of Impact of Prototype Technologies on Rural Livelihoods in Eastern Genetic Plains of Bangladesh (New).

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Impact of Power Tiller use on Farming Systems in Some Selected Areas of Bangladesh (New).

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Economic Verification and Social Acceptance of Direct Seeding by Drum Seeder in Boro Rice Cultivation (Continued).

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Socio-Economic Evaluation of Hybrid Rice Cultivation at Farm Level in Bangladesh (Continued).

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Rice Marketing: Analysis of Consumers' behavior and Price of rice by Trade name in Bangladesh (New).

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Prospects of Aromatic and Fine Quality Rice Production and Their Marketing Structure in North-western Areas of Bangladesh. (Continued).

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Evaluation of Different Establishment Method of Rice Production in High Barind Tract: Experience from Farmers' Participatory Approach (New).

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Rice Yield Gap Assessment for Improving the Productivity of Rice in Bangladesh (New).

  Agricultural Statistics Division 

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Project Title

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Sampling technique for assessing insect infestation in a rice field .

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Development of environmental index of BRRI Regional Stations 

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Stability Study of BRRI varieties (In collaboration with Plant Breeding and Adaptive Research Division) 

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Multivariate Analysis of BRRI 

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Development of Computer Programme.

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Genetic Coefficient of BRRI Varieties.

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Spatial database for BRRI varieties.

  1.  

Characterization of rice environment in Bangladesh.

  1.  

Bangladesh Country Almanac-BCA .

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Impact of Arsenic contamination on agricultural sustainability and food quality- GIS component.

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Research Management Information System (RMIS).

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BRRI Website.

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Maintenance of Agricultural Database.

 Farm Management Division 

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Project Title

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Rice Production Management.

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Cost of Rice Production.

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Survey and development of data base for labor management.

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 Socio-economic study of drum seeder user.

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Monitoring and survey of agricultural laborers.

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Seed production.

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Farm Land Development.

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Farm Management Activities.

Rice Farming Systems Division 

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Project Title

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Rice Farming Systems Survey.

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Development of integrated farming systems for different farm categories at new FSR&D site.

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Development of Resource conservation technologies.

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Development of two and three crop systems and component technologies for irrigated ecosystem.

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Validation and delivery of farming systems technologies.

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Quality seed production at FSR&D site.

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Integrated soil, water and nutrient management for sustainable rice-wheat cropping systems.

 

 Entomology Division

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Project Title

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Survey & Monitoring of Rice Arthropods (Routine Programme).

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Ecological studies.

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Biological Control

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Integrated Pest Management .

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Crop Loss Assessment .

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Evaluation of Chemical and Botanicals.

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Vertebrate Pest management.

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Host Plant Resistance.

 

Plant Pathology Division

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Project Title

 1

Survey and monitoring of rice diseases.

 2

Disease resistance .

 3

Molecular studies .

 4

Studies on epidemiology of some major disease.

 5

Biological control of rice diseases.

 6

Chemical control of rice diseases.

Farm Machinery and Post Harvest Technology Division

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Project Title

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Harvesting and Threshing Equipment Development and Testing.

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Milling and Processing Technology Development and Testing.

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Storage of Agricultural Products.

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Popularizing BRRI Developed Agricultural Machinery to Augment Mechanized Rice Cultivation in Bangladesh (PAMP).

Agronomy Division  

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Project Title

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Planting practice .

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Nutrient management .

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Weed Management.

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Herbicide assessment .

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Yield Maximization.

 Plant Physiology Division

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Project Title

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Salinity tolerance in Rice .

     2.

Submergence tolerance in Rice

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Cold tolerance in Rice  

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Drought tolerance in rice 

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Yield potential

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Deep water rice

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Anaerobic seeding technology of rice.

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Seed viability and Dormancy .

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Climate and Rice.


Soil Science Division

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Project Title