Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- In a groundbreaking development for Bangladesh's agriculture, Gazipur Agricultural University (GAU) has successfully developed the country's first high drought-tolerant soybean hybrid, named 'GAU Soybean'.

The achievement comes under the leadership of the distinguished crop scientist Prof Dr MA Mannan of the university's Department of Agronomy, university officials said.

With this innovation, they said, GAU has now introduced a total of 94 crop varieties, opening new avenues for sustainable agriculture in the country.

The new variety emerged from a rigorous three-year evaluation of approximately 250 germplasms sourced from Taiwan's Asian Vegetable Research and Development Centre, the Bangladesh Agricultural Research I...