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Four festive desserts with no added sugar, from date sandesh to sweet potato halwa
Dates, nuts, oats and sweet potato make four home desserts with no added sugar; people with diabetes still need to watch the portion.
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AgrotechRamu holds a three-day farm technology and nutrition fair
The Department of Agricultural Extension is holding a farm technology and nutrition fair at the Ramu upazila agriculture office in Cox's Bazar from 14 to 16 October under the PRO-ACT Bangladesh project.
CropsCharbhadrasan farmers learn mulching, polyhouse and sandbar growing
Sixty farmers in Charbhadrasan, Faridpur, were trained in off-season watermelon, polyhouse vegetables, vermicompost and pest control under a project to spread modern farm technology on Bangladesh's char lands.
AgrotechSylhet workshop weighs 70 percent subsidy to bring more machines to the haor
A farm mechanisation workshop in Sylhet discussed climate-resilient farming in the haor wetlands, public-private partnerships for machinery and distributing equipment to farmers at a 70 percent subsidy.
FisheriesSalinity and poor fry cut tiger shrimp recovery to 10 percent, coastal farmers say
Abnormal salinity in coastal rivers and a shortage of disease-free fry have cut the share of stocked bagda shrimp farmers manage to harvest from 70-80 percent to about 10 percent, farmers say.
CropsSylhet Agricultural University opens a plant health clinic to diagnose crop disease
A plant health clinic opened in Sylhet Agricultural University's plant pathology and seed science department will diagnose crop diseases and advise farmers; it was set up under the UGC's World Bank and government-funded HEAT project.
CropsKhulna digs 32 of its 572 canals, hoping for irrigation water and drier fields
Of 572 listed flowing canals in Khulna district, 32 are being dug or re-excavated this year; farmers hope the work will give them irrigation water in the dry season and drain their fields faster in the monsoon.
CookingA soft cake made with seasonal palm fruit puree, easy to bake at home
Half a cup of palm fruit (taal) puree, a cup of flour, two eggs and a third of a cup each of milk powder and oil make a fluffy cake, baked at 130 degrees Celsius for 35 to 40 minutes.
FisheriesSharsha's fisheries office serves 7,000 ponds with two staff and four posts empty
In Jashore's Sharsha, where ponds produce about 29,687 tonnes of fish a year, only two of six sanctioned posts at the upazila fisheries office are filled, some vacant for 11 years, hampering farm visits, advice and training.
AgribusinessFarming's share of rural loans fell from 25% to 16% in 12 years, BIDS-IFPRI study finds
Research presented at a BIDS and IFPRI policy dialogue shows rural households borrowing more but spending less of it on farming, three in four rural loans coming from NGOs, repayment burdens rising and banks financing only 2 to 7 percent of farm machinery purchases.
CropsTea Board orders cut in pesticide use as Panchagarh output reaches 25 million kg
Tea Board chairman Major General Mesbah Uddin Ahmed says national output is up 17 percent and the north's up 40 percent, and BTRI has been told to cut pesticide use to protect quality; fertiliser for plains growers has been allocated.
LivestockFeed prices rise twice in a month in Bangladesh as maize and soymeal climb
With maize, de-oiled rice bran and soybean meal up 20-27%, poultry and livestock feed rose from about Tk 68 to as much as Tk 72.50 a kilo; a 50kg bag now costs up to Tk 3,675 and small farms are cutting flocks.
AgribusinessTk 3,000 crore fund offers North Bengal farm businesses collateral-free loans at 7%
Tk 3,000 crore of Bangladesh Bank's Tk 10,000 crore agricultural refinance fund is set aside for North Bengal; entrepreneurs in farm production, storage, transport, marketing and processing can borrow up to Tk 500,000 without collateral through 39 banks.