Crops
Thakurgaon farmer's seven bighas of rice rotting after dealer-advised spray
A tenant farmer in Ruhia, Thakurgaon, says his seven bighas of rice began rotting and turning red the day after he sprayed several pesticides a local dealer supplied.
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Krishi Shomoy
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Fisheries
Habiganj haor's 55 pond farms raise 2,500 tonnes of fish a year
In Shibpasha haor in Ajmiriganj, Habiganj, farmers dig ponds among the paddy and grow fruit and vegetables on the banks; the union's 55 farms produce about 2,500 tonnes of fish a year worth some Tk 80 crore.
Livestock
Joypurhat firm turns discarded duck feathers into down for export
Sharabangla Down Products in Akkelpur, Joypurhat, collects about 22 tonnes of duck feathers a month from across Bangladesh and ships processed down and feather to China, Vietnam and Taiwan.
Fruits
Kapasia grower bets on rockmelon, hopes for Tk 6-7 lakh from 8.5 bighas
Entrepreneur Kamruzzaman Khan is growing rockmelon (sammam) on plastic mulch on 8.5 leased bighas in Kapasia, Gazipur; he has sold about Tk 50,000 of fruit and hopes the whole plot will bring Tk 6-7 lakh.
Fisheries
Native fish and hilsa dwindle in the Padma at Rajshahi as fishers quit
Native fish catches from the Padma in Rajshahi fell from 2,283 tonnes to 1,620 tonnes in five years as the river's flow and depth declined; the Rajshahi division's hilsa catch dropped to 473 tonnes.
Rooftop farming
Ishwardi rooftop of 300 cactus species earns a Pabna woman Tk 15,000-20,000 a month
Jannatul Ferdous Juthi, a homemaker in Ishwardi municipality in Pabna, has turned a hobby rooftop garden into a business selling cactus and succulent plants online and offline, earning Tk 15,000 to 20,000 a month.
Fisheries
Brahmaputra catch collapses, pushing Kurigram fishermen out of the trade
With new chars rising, the river running shallow and rainfall patterns changing, catches in the Brahmaputra have fallen so far that many fishermen around Chilmari in Kurigram are turning to day labour and rickshaw pulling.
Fruits
Malta on leased fallow land: Chatmohar grower expects Tk 4 lakh profit this year
Sharmin Khatun of Hoglabaria village in Chatmohar, Pabna, planted Vietnamese and BARI-1 malta on two bighas of leased fallow land; after a profit of more than Tk 2 lakh last year she expects at least Tk 4 lakh after all costs this season.
Fisheries
River-fed ponds turn a Bhola union into a Tk 200 crore-a-year fish market
Hundreds of ponds filled with river water in Char Samaiya union of Bhola Sadar now farm fish commercially; local people put the union's annual fish trade at about Tk 200 crore.
Agribusiness
Minister promises quick start on Sylhet packing house and cold store for farm exports
Commerce, industries, textiles and jute minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir said work on a packing house-cum-cold storage in Sylhet would start quickly after a feasibility study modelled on the Shyampur facility.
Bangladesh
Cash aid reaches 360 flood-hit families in Khagrachhari
In Dighinala, Khagrachhari, 360 families hit by two rounds of flooding received Tk 6,000 each, a total of Tk 2.16 million.
Fruits
A young Chattogram grower turns eight decimals into a watermelon plot
In Rangunia, Chattogram, Mohammad Nur Uddin planted more than 400 seedlings of two varieties on eight decimals and has nearly a thousand melons on the vines.
Environment
Forest department to replant 98 rare native tree species in the hills
The forest department is raising 98 rare and endangered native tree species in Rangamati and Khagrachhari; 55 species are protected under the 2012 law.