Rice farmers invent new varieties to withstand salt, storms

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Farmer Dilip Chandra Tarafdar was tired of fighting to keep his rice crop alive in the Bangladeshi coastal village of Chandipur. If the plants managed to grow in soil made salty by decades of cyclones and floods, then strong winds would snap their stalks or pests would wipe them out.

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Muguka farmers turn to tomatoes due to pests

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Women group multiply profits from cassava snacks

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