The prices of rice rose by Tk 8-10 per kg over the last two weeks even though it is the harvesting season and there is ample supply of paddy.

It takes 14 million litres of irrigation water to produce six tonnes of Boro rice on one hectare of typical farmland in Bangladesh.

With farmers ready to reap rice in the year's biggest rice season -- Boro -- in a week amidst concern over poor market price,