BRUNEI Darussalam Rice 5 (BDR5) has officially been confirmed as a rice variety, making it viable for commercial production, said a senior official from the Department of Agriculture and Agrifood (DAA).
Khairunnisa Hj Omar Ali, head of the department’s Rice Research and Development Unit, said the new rice variety had to undergo a number of trials to assess its sustainability for large-scale planting which includes multilocation and upscaling trials.
BDR5 is a new type of inbred rice introduced by the DAA under the Ministry of Primary Resources and Tourism.