Patuakhali, July 14 -- For decades, Bangladesh's coastal farmers have lived with a stubborn reality. Saline soil, prolonged waterlogging and the growing impacts of climate change have steadily narrowed their crop choices, leaving many vulnerable to repeated production losses.

Now, a research initiative in Patuakhali is challenging that assumption with mangoes.

Scientists at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) say they have successfully grown and evaluated 32 mango varieties, including several exotic cultivars, under the saline and waterlogged condition of the southern coast, raising hopes that commercial mango cultivation.

The findings come from BARI's Regional Horticulture Research Centre at Lebukhali in Dumki upazil...