FisheriesRekha Rani Mondal of Boyarsing village in Tala upazila produces white-carp fry with modern methods after training from Satkhira Unnayan Sangstha; more than 50 farmers have followed under the PKSF-supported project, and local traders no longer travel to Jashore for fry, cutting cost, time and fish mo
VegetablesA PhD study by Md Shafiqul Islam in the genetics and plant breeding department of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, has selected hybrids that hold bottle-gourd yields under high temperatures; supervisor Professor Dr Md Hasanuzzaman says they will underpin future vari
CropsGood weather and higher yields have put 1,912 hectares under jute against a 1,911-hectare target, with 90 per cent harvested at 10–12 maunds a bigha and a crop worth about Tk 40 crore; jute sticks fetch Tk 80–100 a bundle, 8,000 farmers got 1 kg of seed each, and growers want the government to stop
CropsThe Bangladesh Sugarcrop Research Institute has released the Philippine black sugarcane as BSRI Akh 49; Bashundhara Agro Chemical Industries' research farm at Kaliakair has grown it experimentally on 20 decimals since January 2025 with a new planting method, while Gazipur's cane area stands at 1,603
CropsUnder the Kharif-2 incentive programme, farmers in the district's 11 upazilas each received 5 kg of seed, 10 kg of DAP and 10 kg of MOP for one bigha; Niamatpur (5,100) and Mohadevpur (5,000) had the most beneficiaries.
CropsAgainst a target of 113,220 hectares, 113,205 hectares of Aman had been transplanted by Tuesday; the district received 100 per cent of its August and September fertiliser demand through 206 dealers and still holds 1,916 tonnes of urea, though a dealer notes allocations have not kept pace with more i
Market ManagementAfter attempts to stir disorder at distribution points in Roumari and Bhurungamari, Kurigram's agriculture department says allocations are at record levels — 5,875 tonnes of urea in August against 3,253 last year, plus 1,572 tonnes of DAP, 1,648 of MOP and 924 of TSP — that Aman top-dressing is near
CropsFavourable weather and ample rain have carried Aman transplanting almost to completion across northern Bangladesh; the Department of Agricultural Extension's Rangpur office targets 663,714 hectares in the division's eight districts, with the rest to be planted within 10–15 days, while farmers who sa
