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CropsIn the winter vegetable, onion, mustard and maize season, farmers in Chapainawabganj cannot get fertiliser on time. Farmers, dealers and officials blame short allocation, irregular distribution and overuse in the field; the district's deputy director says there is no shortage.
IslamBuilt under Suleiman the Magnificent just outside the Topkapi Palace sea walls, the Bostancilar mosque disappeared in the 1950s for a coastal road; Fatih municipality is rebuilding it with private donations and plans to reopen it next Ramadan.
EnvironmentThe smooth-coated otter of Bengali nursery rhymes has almost disappeared from the country's rivers, beels and haors. Experts blame lost wetland habitat, the false belief that otters empty fish ponds, and killing for their skins.
HealthNutritionist Mousumi Chowdhury says spinach, peas and cauliflower are higher in purines, but research has found that most purine-rich vegetables do not raise the risk of gout; what matters is a sound diet, enough water and a doctor's advice when needed.
VegetablesPabna aims for 8,930 hectares of early muri-kata onion this season. Seed, fertiliser, irrigation and tillage all cost more, adding Tk 5,000-10,000 a bigha, and growers fear they will not get a fair price.
FruitsOff-season watermelon covers about 141 hectares in Satkhira's seven upazilas this season, some 65 hectares more than last year, grown with bitter gourd, yardlong beans and cucumber on trellises along once-idle saline gher embankments.
FruitsAbout 100 acres of mixed fruit orchards in Rowangchhari, Bandarban, have no irrigation; water hauled by labourers from a stream 1.5 km away costs about Tk 2 a litre. The agriculture department is planning solar-powered pumps.
AgribusinessCiting higher booking prices on the world market and freight costs, traders have proposed raising edible oil prices by Tk 14 a litre, while date importers want duties cut. The ministry has not decided.
EnvironmentAs Arnab heads for the Andhra Pradesh coast, several forecast models show a new system that could reach Odisha around 1-2 November, though forecasters say it is far from certain.
AgrotechThe second-generation Andela Robot Weeder treats 8 weeds a second per unit instead of 3, covers the whole field, and will drive itself fully from next season.
EnvironmentAhead of the Antalya summit, CGIAR's Ismahane Elouafi and Todd Rosenstock call for money to follow agrifood's share of emissions and warn that AI could widen gaps for smallholders.
LivestockAustralia and Canada have shipped the first straws since years of curbs; each consignment faces a review of more than four months as China tries to lift beef and milk output.
LivestockThe UKRI-backed programme starts in Sarawak, Malaysia, and will combine virology, epidemiology, economics and behavioural science to build open prediction tools.
CropsFarmers sold hard into the rally, leaving elevators owning close to half of local corn and soybeans; a $1 futures rise could mean about $9.6 billion in margin calls.
CropsThe textile industry wants the 11% duty waiver kept to December; growers say cheaper imports arriving with the new crop could pull mandi prices down.
AgribusinessA sunflower farmer and a finance consultant say three years of statements, a separate farm account and a clean tax and credit record are what lenders and buyers ask for first.
AgrotechAt World Food Day sessions in the Netherlands, a draft study put CGIAR's return to Dutch exports at €778 million a year, and speakers asked who really benefits from farm technology.
VegetablesPineapple, cassava, potato and groundnut samples will be stored in liquid nitrogen at minus 196 °C at the International Potato Center, the first joint deposit by several countries.
LivestockThe Milk from Family Dairies Act would set minimum prices by herd size and cap production; the National Milk Producers Federation says supply controls would raise grocery costs.
CropsCIMMYT-led research from Zambia and Zimbabwe shows maize lost about 30% in a dry season against 9% for sorghum, while stress-tolerant maize lifted median yields by 42%.
AgribusinessThe state drought sub-committee also fixed subsidised fodder prices, approved desilting grants and will decide next week on adding more areas to the drought list.
AgribusinessNurseries cover about 500 hectares in 38 villages of Nesarabad, Pirojpur; twice a week, boats gather on the Shitla canal at Mahmudkathi, selling five to seven lakh seedlings each time.
AgribusinessThe olive market at Debdarutala in Debiganj, Panchagarh, runs from October to the first week of January and employs more than 200 workers; with no cold store, the fruit must be trucked out fast.
HealthIndian nutritionist Namami Agarwal says properly stored frozen vegetables can be part of a healthy diet, but buyers should read the label for preservatives and sodium.
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VideoRobert and Mary Troy, the fifth generation milking at Newtownshandrum, won the 2026 NDC and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards with 425 cows, an SCC of 89,000 cells/ml and a herd in the national top 1% for breeding.
VideoIn the latest AgriView episode, agricultural economist Wandile Sihlobo asks whether the enlarged BRICS bloc is opening real markets for South African produce, or mostly producing talk.
VideoAt Bindhara in Panchbibi, Joypurhat, small dark-skinned Black Baby watermelons hang from bamboo trellises. The 60-day crop needs 50 grams of seed a bigha, yields 1,200 to 1,500 fruits or 4 to 4.5 tonnes, and at Tk 30 a kilo earns far more than other field crops.
In pictures
GalleryIn pictures: Dumuria's wholesale vegetable market, from gher-dyke papaya to early beans1 photos
GalleryAn hour of light a day turns cave walls green in Chhattisgarh's Kanger Valley1 photos
GalleryWhy Kashmir's chinar leaves turn red in autumn, and the 'Tree Aadhaar' guarding 28,000 trees1 photos
GalleryGlimpse, 26 October: bees on bean flowers, Kaptai's catch, radishes off to market1 photos
GalleryIbises, lapwings and openbills gather at Bogura's Bhepra beel among aman fields1 photos
GalleryGlimpse, 25 October: vegetables by boat, okra on a gher bank, date palm jaggery1 photos
GalleryGlimpse, 24 October: gourd flowers on a homestead trellis, a char sunset, cattle in RangpurSection
FisheriesHundreds of villagers waded into Daduria beel in Boalmari, Faridpur, for the traditional Polo Bawa festival, but caught few fish; they blame China duari nets, ponds dug inside the beel and heavy use of farm chemicals.
EnvironmentThe coal-laden MV Fulbari sank in the Pasur channel inside the Sundarbans after an oil tanker hit it; its nine crew swam to safety, and the Forest Department is checking whether coal is spreading.
FlowersWhite pentas blooms in roadside pots in Dhaka's Banani. The shrub, with dense clusters of small five-petalled flowers, grows easily in pots, balconies and garden beds and draws pollinating insects.
Farmers in Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh, sowed low-water crops on El Nino advice, then saw 90% more rain than normal drown their kharif harvest.
EnvironmentResidents of Sreenagar, Munshiganj, say about half of a deep wetland of roughly 1.25 acres in Arial Beel has been filled by dredger at night; the assistant commissioner (land) says she was not aware.
FisheriesUniversity of Chittagong researchers found nine kinds of plastic particle in six species of dried fish from Cox's Bazar, Teknaf, Kuakata and Dublar Char; the study is in Marine Pollution Bulletin.
