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AgrotechAn IoT storage system built at Bangladesh Agricultural University uses sensors for temperature, humidity and spoilage gases to switch fans on and off. In an 80-day trial the marketable share of onions rose from 68.22 to 76.81 percent.
LivestockBangladesh produces 25.9 billion eggs a year against demand of 18.55 billion, but feed prices and disease are pushing up costs, a World Egg Day seminar at Bangladesh Agricultural University heard, along with a call for more vets in each upazila.
FruitsMd. Mithu of Gobhipur in Meherpur planted 230 passion fruit seedlings from Jhenaidah on bamboo trellises on a bigha and a half; he has spent about Tk 2 lakh and hopes to sell Tk 8-10 lakh of fruit this season.
FruitsRustam Ali, 95, has planted 350 local Shahi papaya trees on about one and a half acres of leased land at Amtali-Nimtali in Barguna Sadar and sells the fruit himself.
FisheriesAt a meeting in Chattogram, State Minister Sultan Salauddin Tuku pressed fisheries and livestock officers to cut farmers' costs, curb needless antibiotic use and prepare the sector for meat exports.
The upazila agriculture office in Jaldhaka, Nilphamari, is issuing genuine farmers a 'fertiliser card' carrying their photograph, national ID number and land holding, to bring order and transparency to fertiliser distribution.
At Mokamtala in Bogura's Shibganj, young agriculture graduates raise disease-free seedlings in soilless cocopeat trays and grow chemical-free vegetables under polyshade with mulch film, fogging and drip irrigation, and offer hydroponics services.
On a surprise visit, Fisheries and Livestock State Minister Sultan Salauddin Tuku told the Central Poultry Farm to produce more day-old chicks, repair unusable sheds and fix its staffing gap.
At a seminar on shaping agriculture and agribusiness education for climate resilience, Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Md Rafiqul Islam Sarder called for technology to be built into research, while coordinator Prof Dr Mohammad Jahangir Alam set out innovation clusters at five universities, curriculum modern
Kamal Uddin went to Riyadh as an agricultural labourer in 1998; today his rented farm at Hafirat Nisa grows brinjal, chilli, bitter gourd, tomato and gourds, and his workers say board, lodging and wages on time let them send remittances home.
