Bangladesh, May 1 -- After days of continuous rain, combined with inflows from India's Meghalaya and Assam regions, have increased the sudden flash floods in Bangladesh's haor regions like Sunamganj, Sylhet, Netrokona, Habiganj, and Maulivibazar.
It is painful that farmers who help sustain the country's food supply remain exposed to predictable risks year after year.
According to newspaper reports yesterday, millions of farmers of the haor areas are now engaged in a critical, high-stakes race against time to harvest semi-ripe and ripe Boro paddy as the crops are being increasingly submerged, forcing the farmers to harvest early.
With over 30 percent of the country's total Boro rice comes from these haor areas, accelerating the harvest is...