Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- BANGLADESH'S agriculture is now at the cusp of a major transformation. For decades, we have understood food security only as an abundance of rice and wheat.
But now it is clear that filling the stomach is not enough, balanced nutrition is needed for the well-being of the body and mind.
Although the exclusive dominance of rice over nearly three-quarters of the country's total arable land has provided food grain stability, it currently poses a major challenge to ensuring nutritional security.
A newspaper report published on Sunday brought this serious problem to the fore.
Agricultural scientists and economists have called for a shift away from rice-based agriculture towards crop diversification.
According to experts, as...