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VegetablesSince the Appellate Division settled a long legal fight between betel leaf exporters and fruit and vegetable exporters in 2023, betel exports have grown, reaching more than 4,388 tonnes in 2025-26.
OpinionWriting for World Tourism Day, agricultural economist and former secretary Sikder Anwar argues that adding tourism to the same farmland would diversify farmers' income, citing Italy and proposing agritourism zones and a national strategy.
With diesel up from Tk 115 to Tk 135 a litre, irrigation and haulage costs are rising in the Aman season and casting doubt over the coming Boro crop.
With the WMO forecasting an El Nino that could last into early next year, IRRI's Sharif Ahmed, SAU's Abu Noman Faruq Ahmmed, BARI's Jamal Uddin and Professor Jahangir Alam Khan say the late Aman, the winter crops and above all the irrigation-dependent Boro need preparation now; DAE chief Md Abdur Ra
