What Farmers Can Do to Stop Mango Leaf-Cutting Weevil Attacks
The leaf-cutting weevil that attacks young mango leaves can badly stunt trees, but timely organic, chemical and physical measures can keep it in check.
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The leaf-cutting weevil that attacks young mango leaves can badly stunt trees, but timely organic, chemical and physical measures can keep it in check.
The interim government has formed the Bangladesh Dairy Development Board and declared the 2023 law behind it effective from 1 September.
The Kansat mango market in Chapainawabganj remains busy near the end of the season, but growers say they are not getting fair prices.
A private university teacher has shown that tea can be grown on flat land by building four tea gardens in Kapasia, Gazipur, drawing visitors and inspiring young people.
Hilsa prices have kept rising even as the season has begun, with falling catches, bad weather and silted rivers blamed, though officials hope for a better September.
A 10-foot python weighing 15 kg was rescued from a paddy field in Gopalpur village of Damurhuda, Chuadanga, after it became tangled in a harvester.
Heavy rain has let yellow mosaic virus, whiteflies and aphids attack early bean crops in Ishwardi, Pabna, sharply cutting yields and worrying farmers.
A 12-foot python found under a culvert in Burichang, Cumilla, was caught by a local youth who took it home in a sack, and forest officials say it will be released soon.
Growing ginger in sacks on fallow and homestead land is catching on in Meherpur, where farmers say the method costs little and needs little labour.
A Supreme Court lawyer has asked the government to order hilsa to be sold in cut pieces in peak season so that people of all classes can afford the national fish.
Satkhira Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Nasim Faruk Khan Mithu says the district needs processing zones for mango and shrimp, plus better ports, transport and power.
At least 1,500 hectares of farmland in Rangpur have gone to non-farm uses in the past five years, including land that produced three or four crops a year.
Farmers in Fulgazi upazila of Feni have begun planting transplanted Aman rice, a little late, despite repeated weather warnings and the fear of floods.