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Farmers Show More Interest in Paddy and Maize Than Vegetables
Government data show Bangladesh's vegetable area has shrunk this Rabi season as farmers, burned by low vegetable prices and worried about food shortages, switch to paddy and maize.
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Carrots Sell at Tk 40 a Kg in Ishwardi, but Farmers' Profits Are Thin
Farmers in Ishwardi have had a bumper early carrot crop, but higher seed and fertiliser costs and imported carrots mean they are making little profit.
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Jhalakathi Farmers Busy With Winter Vegetable Cultivation
Farmers in Jhalakathi, where women work the fields alongside men, are busy planting and tending winter vegetables grown commercially for markets in the district and beyond.
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Good Paddy Yield Brings No Smiles to Ishwardi Farmers
Farmers in Ishwardi, Pabna, have had a good Aman crop but say low paddy prices and higher costs leave them with no profit.
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Iqbal Becomes a Millionaire with a Nursery Started on Tk 7,000
Starting with Tk 7,000 on 9 decimals of land in 2001, Mirsarai's Iqbal Faruk has built a 2-acre nursery with capital of nearly Tk 1 crore.
Agribusiness
Egg Import Push Aimed at Laundering Money, Says Poultry Association
The Bangladesh Poultry Association says a syndicate is trying to import eggs to launder money even though production exceeds demand.
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Production Costs Don't Add Up: Pabna Farmers Unhappy with Aman Price
As aman paddy comes in, farmers in Pabna say prices of Tk 1,200-1,350 a maund leave little or no profit once higher production costs are counted.
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'A Loss if the Harvest Is Big, a Loss if It Is Poor'
Sherpur has had a high yield of winter vegetables, but heavy supply means farmers are not getting the prices they expected, and retail prices are starting to fall.
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Early Paddy Reaches Dinajpur Markets, Farmers Happy with Prices
Early varieties of aman paddy have started reaching markets in Dinajpur, and farmers are happy with both the yield and the prices.
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Gaibandha Farmers Happy with Aman Yield, Worried About Prices
Harvesting of early aman varieties has begun in Gaibandha, and farmers are pleased with the yield but worried that higher production costs will leave them without a fair price.
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Rice Stocks 'Satisfactory', Yet Prices Are at Their Highest
Government food grain stocks are higher than at the same time in the past two years, yet rice prices are at their peak.
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A Quiet Farming Revolution in Sweet Potatoes in Gaibandha
Farmers on the river chars of Gaibandha have taken up a high-value Japanese sweet potato variety, Koki-14-go, grown with a Japanese company's support for export.
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Okra Farmers in Ishwardi Happy with Double Prices
Farmers in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna are earning well from okra this year, with a good yield and prices almost double those of other years.