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FruitsFive districts of Rangpur division produced 134,916 tonnes of bananas on 4,077 hectares in 2024-25, but with no cold stores, processing plants or good transport, growers sell cheaply to middlemen.
FruitsDentist Abul Hasan Faruk planted four passion fruit seedlings at home in Ichhapura, Daudkandi, in 2024; the trellised garden has given two harvests that sell at Tk 600 to 800 a kilo.
CropsOnly 5 of 16 approved workers are on duty at the horticulture centre at Panchgachhia, Feni, and rain floods its low beds, spoiling soil and seedlings.
VegetablesMulch keeps weeds down and soil moist, pheromone traps hold pests in check; Mahmud Al-Imran's one bigha began yielding in 40 to 50 days and early gourds sell at Tk 60-65 a kilo.
FruitsMizan of Rasulpur, Char Fasson, chose an off-season variety on advice from YouTube and the agriculture office, and is getting good yields and prices while neighbours grow rice and winter vegetables.
FruitsNasir Howlader of Porgolla started BARI Malta-1 on one bigha and expanded to 16; he sold about Tk 1.6 million worth last year, though heavy rain has knocked off some fruit this season.
LivestockOver a hundred families in West Ludhua, Matlab Uttar, Chandpur, say a poultry farm dumps droppings and waste into canals and ponds, fouling the water and stopping fish farming; the Department of Environment says it will inspect.
VegetablesA Madhabpur family says spraying a pesticide bought on an agent's advice turned 250 decimals of tomato plants white and rotten, a loss of about Tk 1.6 million; the UNO has ordered an inquiry.
FruitsAfter a 31,081-tonne crop on 705 hectares, a bunch that fetched Tk 1,000 days ago now sells for Tk 300 to 350; growers blame a traders' syndicate, traders blame oversupply and weak demand.
VegetablesFarid Hossain of Boda grows over a hundred thousand vegetable seedlings at a time in 10,000 cocopeat-filled plastic trays under insect netting, and says his seedling hub nets him more than Tk 100,000 a month.
Rooftop farmingAbdur Rahman of Abhaynagar, Jashore, began pearl farming in 2021 after watching videos online; he now keeps about 2,000 mussels in a rooftop tank and 3,500 more in a pond at his sister's home.
EnvironmentSnails and mussels are stripped from Chalan Beel in Sirajganj, Pabna and Natore and trucked to farms in the south-west; the trade feeds poor families, but a zoologist warns of damage to soil fertility and the food chain.
VegetablesDinajpur Sadar has 250 hectares under hyacinth bean this year, with a 2,500-tonne target; farmers who picked before winter got Tk 200 a kilogram at first and Tk 70 to 80 now.
