CropsAkhaura farmer tries black rice on two bigha after watching YouTube
Saimon Molla of Birchandrapur village in Brahmanbaria's Akhaura has planted black rice on two bigha as a trial; the ears are out and he hopes for 16-18 maunds a bigha.
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VegetablesMeherpur targets 5,250 hectares of winter vegetables; early crops already on 2,000
Meherpur aims to grow winter vegetables on 5,250 hectares this season and early vegetables already cover about 2,000 hectares, though farmers face labour shortages, higher wages and fertiliser problems.
Daily life80 firms fined Tk 10.39 lakh over chemically ripened bananas and unsafe oil drums
The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection fined 80 businesses in 28 districts a total of Tk 10,39,500, destroying chemically ripened bananas and about 204 litres of soybean oil kept in drums once used for urea-formaldehyde.
CropsBlack rice is grown for the first time in Rajshahi's Durgapur, on trial
Two growers in Durgapur have planted black rice on 16 kathas and about 2.5 bighas; they expect 16 to 18 maunds a bigha, and the agriculture office will decide on expansion after the harvest.
Islam31st National Hifzul Quran Competition held in Bagerhat
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CropsDinajpur farmers plant perches in Aman fields so birds eat the pests
In Dinajpur Sadar, branches and bamboo stakes in Aman fields give magpie robins, drongos and mynas a perch to hunt insects; about 65 percent of farmers use the cost-free method, extension officers say.
VegetablesCheaper seed brings Pirganj farmers out to plant murikata onions on 2,050 hectares
Farmers in Pirganj, Rangpur, are preparing land and planting murikata onions for the winter market; some fear a fertiliser shortage later, but the upazila agriculture officer says there is none.
FisheriesNaogaon entrepreneur turns waste into fish feed with black soldier fly larvae
Nahid Hossain, a disabled entrepreneur in Raninagar, raises black soldier fly larvae on household and market waste to feed his fish; a kilo costs about Tk 65 to produce and sells for Tk 250 to 270.
Homestead farmingShariatpur women grow ginger in sacks in shady corners of their yards
In Khankandi, Zajira, Irin Akter planted ginger in 200 sacks and expects to sell about Tk 40,000 worth after costs; each sack yields one to one and a half kilos.
FruitsNaogaon grower's 1,250 papaya trees on 3.5 bighas could earn Tk 2.3 million
Amjad Hossain of Chuarpur, Badalgachhi, spent about Tk 500,000; at two maunds a tree and Tk 1,200 a maund he expects about 2,400 maunds worth Tk 2.88 million.
AgribusinessPARTNER project to build 20,000 agri-entrepreneurs, 60 per cent of them women
The Department of Agricultural Marketing's PARTNER project is training 20,000 young agri-entrepreneurs in 208 upazilas; 6,875 have been trained so far, and trainees can get a 70 per cent subsidy on food-processing equipment.
VegetablesEarly-45 summer beans on 22 decimals: Tk 30,000 spent, Tk 80,000 hoped for
In Khansama, Dinajpur, farmer Moyej Uddin grew the hybrid Early-45 summer bean on 22 decimals with help from an extension project and expects to sell Tk 75,000 to 80,000 worth; the DAE has supplied the seed in all 13 upazilas of the district.
CropsTeesta swings put ripe aman on 180 chars at risk; farmers told to harvest early
Aman covers 22,800 hectares on 180 Teesta chars in Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Gaibandha and Nilphamari, with a good crop; farmers fear a rise in the river will drown low-lying paddy before it is cut.