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CropsA Jagonews24 article published on 30 June 2026 warned that falling soil organic matter, excess chemical fertiliser and indiscriminate pesticide use were weakening Bangladesh's agriculture, and called for soil test-based fertilising and integrated pest management.
AgribusinessA proclamation signed by President Donald J. Trump on 29 June 2026 temporarily lifted countervailing duties on certain phosphate fertilizer imports; USDA estimated prices would fall by about 22 percent, saving farmers some $1.82 billion a year.
CropsAt a Jago News round table in Dhaka on 27 June 2026, agricultural economist Dr Jahangir Alam Khan said only a tiny share of Bangladesh's fruit is exported and called on the country's embassies to work harder to find new markets.
AgribusinessOn 29 June 2026, Dhaka North City Corporation administrator Md Shafiqul Islam Khan said 29 canals under the corporation, including Muslim Bazar canal, would be freed from illegal occupation in phases on the Prime Minister's instructions. He announced it while opening a tree-planting drive that is part of a five-lakh-tree programme.
AgribusinessA World Bank Group report released on June 29, 2026 estimated that an extra US$12 billion a year for water-efficient irrigation and farm innovation, with policy reform, could help create 5 million jobs in the region by 2050 and lift cereal yields by 72 percent.
FruitsAt a Dhaka roundtable on 27 June 2026, fruit expert Dr. Md. Mehedi Masud said 65 percent of Bangladesh's roughly 15.2 million tonnes of annual fruit output comes in four months, and called for storage, processing and year-round production.
CropsPoor coordination between research institutes, the DAE, the Department of Agricultural Marketing and entrepreneurs was holding back Bangladesh's fruit processing industry, BARI chief scientific officer Dr Md Golam Ferdous Chowdhury told a Jago News round table on 27 June 2026.
CropsKhulna district produced more than 80,000 tonnes of fruit on about 25,000 hectares in 2024-25, yet by June 2026 it had no cold storage, processing or organised fruit market, and no fruit had been exported from the district.
EnvironmentThe Kushiyara was flowing 4 cm above danger level at Fenchuganj on 28 June 2026, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre said, warning of short-term flooding in riverside low-lying areas of Sylhet, Mymensingh and Rangpur divisions.
CropsIn June 2026 fruit expert Dr Md Mehedi Masud wrote that pruning, forcing new shoots and bagging now let Bangladeshi farmers grow Thai guava all year; on the figures he cited, national guava output passed 6.64 lakh tonnes in 2024-25.
CropsIn June 2026, Department of Agricultural Extension data showed about 34 kinds of foreign fruit grown in Bangladesh, a dozen of them commercially successful. Dragon fruit and malta led, and home-grown dragon fruit had been exported to Sweden.
CropsHill farmers in Bandarban were cutting back on jhum shifting cultivation for fruit orchards in 2026, drawn by better profits, demand and government support; in Sadar upazila orchards covered 5,302 hectares in 2025-26 against 155 hectares of jhum.
FruitsDewa, or monkey jack, once common in rural Bangladesh, is now seldom seen in markets. A research review puts its vitamin C at 135 mg per 100 g, and a Bangladeshi study found it highest in carotenoids, zinc and copper among ten minor fruits.
