Dhaka February 23, 2025, 12:50 am
A new executive committee of BOPMA has been elected to speed up the organic movement in bangladesh.
Standing crops on 32,992 hectares of land were inundated by floodwater in all five districts in Rangpur division.
A ten-day ‘Fruits and Tree Fair-2019’ began at Manikganj under the joint auspices of Manikganj district administration, Department of Agriculture Extension and Department of forest.
Sugarcane cultivators of the district are expecting bumper production during the current season as favourable weather is prevailing.
The government has fixed a target of producing over 18.08-lakh tonnes of Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) rice (27.13 tonnes of paddy) from 6.35-lakh hectares of land for Rangpur region this season.
Educated youth Shimul Hossain has attained much success by cultivating malta, a small and highly-coloured variant of the common orange that is thought to have originated in Italy, for commercial purposes.
The supply of quality mangoes including Fazli, Langra and Amrapali is nearing an end in the markets. After the end of this month, the local variety, sour Ashina mango will intrude into the market. However, with the ending of
The farmers have produced a record quantity of over 9.23-lakh tonnes of maize exceeding the fixed production target by 21.76 percent during the just-ended Rabi season in Rangpur agriculture region.
Unlike last year, farmers in the district, known as the country’s ‘Mango Capital’, are getting high prices for their mangoes this time.
Undoubtedly one of the more popular features of summer, mangoes from Rajshahi are ready to hit the market.
Bumper ground production is expected in Rangpur region as farmers have already started harvesting of the crop during the current season.
The farmers have exceeded the fixed farming target of the short duration and less irrigation water consuming Aush rice during the current off-season period in Rangpur agriculture region.
The sectoral growth of agriculture, especially that of crop, in terms of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) dropped in the outgoing fiscal year (FY'19).
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon all to plant more fruit trees across the country to meet the demand of food and nutrition and attain economic self- reliance.
Cultivation of bitter gourd on a large scale in different upazilas of the district and fair price of the crop has started changing the fate of several thousand farmers.
Bagha upazila in Rajshahi district has started exporting mango to seven foreign countries as it produces tasty and super quality mango for long.
Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina today elaborated various steps of her government to ensure fair price of paddy for the farmers, mentioning that the government is executing a plan to stock 28 lakh metric t
Though stopping rice import entirely is not possible, it can be restricted to save the country’s farmers, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Sunday.
Growers and businesses here are hopeful of harvesting and bringing their mangoes to the market within the next two weeks.
With eight more days to appear the Bangla month of Jyestha, commonly known as ‘Modhumash’, the juicy fruit litchi has started appearing in the local markets including Rajshahi city and its adjacent areas in limited scale.
