Rain Leaves Satkhira Farmers Behind With Winter Vegetables
Satkhira farmers have had to replant winter vegetables at double the cost after rain and waterlogging rotted their early seedlings, putting them behind the season.
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Satkhira farmers have had to replant winter vegetables at double the cost after rain and waterlogging rotted their early seedlings, putting them behind the season.
Fishermen back on the Padma and Meghna after the ban are finding few hilsa but plenty of large pangas, which is keeping them afloat.
When people first saved seed to grow their next crop, farming began and civilisation took off, and seed remains the foundation of food and farming today.
Fish is pouring into markets in Mirsarai, Chattogram, after the 22-day hilsa ban, but prices remain high.
Researchers from the Fisheries Research Institute's riverine station in Chandpur are surveying hilsa at local landing ghats during and after the breeding ban.
At a World One Health Day event, the environment adviser said protecting wildlife's rights is a human duty, and the fisheries adviser warned about pesticides in food.
Pubali Bank PLC planted 600 fruit tree saplings along the Meghna coast in Ramgati and Kamalnagar, Lakshmipur.
Fishing has resumed in the Padma and Meghna after the 22-day ban, but a poor hilsa catch has kept prices at Chandpur's fish ghat very high.
Coriander leaves can be grown on a balcony all year round, even without soil or sand, using a simple basket-over-water method.
Hilsa and other fish supplies have risen in Jhalakathi's markets since the ban ended, and most prices are slightly lower than last week.
River police detained a Krishi Bank assistant general manager and 13 others for catching hilsa in the Meghna at the end of the ban period.
District and upazila task forces in Chandpur detained 214 fishermen for catching mother hilsa during the 22-day breeding ban.
Fishermen in Bhola were preparing boats and nets to return to the Meghna and Tetulia as the 22-day hilsa ban ended at midnight on 3 November.