Dhaka September 20, 2024, 6:53 am
Growers worried over output fall
A young man of Boalkhali upazila in the district has turned around his fortunes by cultivating Malta on Jaisthapura hill in Amuchia area.
A doorway of new possibilities is set to open for flower farmers of Gadkhali in Jashore, distinguished as the Flower Capital of the country, where the government is establishing the first flower processing centre and a modern
The drip irrigation method introduced by the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) has proved to be fruitful for cultivating vegetables and flowers round the year in the district.
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Farmers incurring loss, shifting to other crops
The newly-invented BRRI-87 variety’s shorter lifespan, high yield and greater resistance to pests are encouraging farmers in the area to cultivate the slender variety of rice.
Farmers in Chapainawabganj are struggling to contain an unidentified virus ravaging the tomato fields across the district.
The government has reduced the price of Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) fertilizer to Tk 16 per kg from Tk 25 for famers.
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Farmers can use solar pumps to irrigate their crops at a cheap cost for a long time and without polluting the environment
Invented incubator is safer. This incubator has been built with sustainable plywood and its construction cost is relatively low
Bangladeshi farmers normally grow a single variety of crops throughout the year. But farmers in Khulna are now making huge profit by cultivating four crops in different seasons of the year, thanks to agricultural innovations.
Rice price may come down after the arrival of Aman paddy as harvesting has started since early this month and will peak over the next two weeks
A total of 50,503 farmers have been affected in 103 Upazilas of 16 southern districts in the cyclone
Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder on Thursday said the government will procure some 6 lakh mts of Aman paddy directly from farmers at Tk 26 per kg from November 20 to February 28 next.
Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque on Wednesday said the government will give over Tk 80 crore as incentives to 687,700 small and marginal farmers for the Rabi season.
Asia and the Pacific nations, including Bangladesh, need to pump as much as US$42 billion into the agriculture sector by 2030 to eliminate hunger from the region
Bangladesh’s rice production has tripled to more than 35 million tonnes since 1971 when the country gained independence from Pakistan
Increased aquaculture investment and productivity, fish production will continue to grow through 2030 and outpace demand