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AgrotechThe Israeli food tech startup has moved to full-scale production in France and Germany of pea proteins that bind, gel and foam like eggs, as egg prices in Europe stay volatile.
AgrotechThe Californian startup ferments the fungus Neurospora crassa into a protein and fibre ingredient; India is its fourth approved market after the US, Singapore and Canada.
AgrotechMogale Maleke of AB Farms designs water-saving hydroponic units that work where power is unreliable, and advises new growers to start small and find buyers first.
An AgBase report tracked $4.39 billion across 900-plus deals in 17 countries from 2023 to the third quarter of 2025, with India more than three times ahead of Brazil.
CropsA Kyungpook National University review says alternate wetting and drying cuts methane the most, and pairing it with deep urea placement, balanced fertiliser and low-emitting varieties cuts it further.
The IDs, built under the Digital Agriculture Mission, are meant to let farmers prove eligibility once for credit, crop insurance, subsidies, procurement and disaster relief; over six crore farmers have already received benefits through them.
OpinionIn a Krishi Jagran column, Elissa Lane argues that corporate cage-free pledges in India and Asia depend on farmers getting training, finance and a clear view of buyer demand.
AgrotechThe 15,650-square-foot ARS complex will study rainfall, runoff and soil erosion in semi-arid land, using rainfall simulators, drought studies and drones, and turn the results into tools for farmers and ranchers.
EnvironmentOne project restores steppe and dry forest along Algeria's Green Dam; the other pays Mexico for past forest emission cuts and reinvests the money in forests and sustainable cattle ranching.
AgrotechThe startup grows isolated plant cells in culture, picks the promising lines with automated screening and regenerates only those into plants, which it expects to save at least five times the cost.
HealthA strike by private ambulance owners and drivers demanding permanent parking inside the hospital left families searching for hours on Tuesday for vehicles to move patients and bodies. The director says space is too short for permanent parking.
Daily lifeThe national grid was restored after a fault on the Meghnaghat-Haripur line, but not all power plants are back; load-shedding reached 3,488 MW at 3pm on Tuesday and parts of the capital keep losing power.
In villages beside Jaldapara and Buxa, farmers guard ripening paddy all night from platforms built in trees. They say forest patrols are thin and compensation slow and small, and want crop insurance.
LivestockWith no electricity from 10am until shortly before dusk on Tuesday because of a national grid fault, broilers on almost every poultry farm in Rupganj, Narayanganj, died from lack of oxygen and heat.
IslamBusy people can learn the meaning of the Quran at home without attending a madrasa, but a sincere intention, a reliable translation, knowing the context of revelation, steady daily reading and turning to a scholar when in doubt are essential.
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.
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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
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.
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%.
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.
