Agribusiness
Biofertiliser Meets the Need for Urea
A microbial biofertiliser developed by BINA supplies the nitrogen that pulse and oilseed crops would otherwise get from urea.
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Correct Use of Guti Urea: Final Part
The final part of our guide to guti urea covers randomly planted rice, other crops and how briquettes outperform prilled urea.
Agribusiness
Correct Use of Guti Urea: Part One
Deep-placed guti urea more than doubles urea efficiency and raises rice yields by 20-25 percent, and this first part explains how to apply it.
Agribusiness
If You Want to Raise Turmeric Production
Turmeric output could rise with BARI varieties, and a locally made polishing machine can replace slow hand-beating after harvest.
Fruits
Dragon Fruit Changes a Farmer's Fortune
A Kaliganj farmer who wanted to do something different is selling dragon fruit at Tk 350-400 a kg and targets Tk 22 lakh in sales this year.
Fruits
Grapes Can Be Grown in Bangladesh
Trials at the Rural Development Academy in Bogura suggest grapes can be grown successfully in Bangladesh, contrary to popular belief.
Agribusiness
A Guide to Carp Fingerlings
Black, biket and mirror carp are easy to farm, fast-growing and profitable; here is what farmers need to know about their fingerlings.
Agribusiness
Crocodile Farming Earns Tk 15 Crore a Year
Bangladesh's first commercial crocodile farm, in Bhaluka, has grown from 74 adults to about 3,500 crocodiles and earns around Tk 15 crore a year from exports.
Agribusiness
Busy Date Palm Molasses Market, Tk 70 a Kg
The twice-weekly date palm molasses market beside Jayrampur railway station in Chuadanga is in full swing, with wholesale molasses at Tk 60-70 a kg.
Agribusiness
Date Palm Molasses Sells at Tk 90 a Kg
Molasses prices at Chuadanga's traditional Sarojganj market have risen to Tk 90 a kg as date palms are felled to fuel brick kilns.
Fruits
Guti Mango Changes Farmers' Fortunes
Guti mangoes that Natore farmers once threw away now earn them crores of taka through sales to Pran's processing factory.
Agribusiness
Are Algae the Superfood of the Future, or a Strange Food Fad?
Micro-algae may come to us as bright green cupcakes and smoothies, but can they help feed eight billion people?
Agribusiness
Rice Transplanter Plants a Bigha in Half an Hour, Saving Time and Money
At a demonstration in Dhanbari, Tangail, a rice transplanter planted rice in six rows at 0.35 hectares an hour, cutting planting costs by 50 to 80 percent.