Agribusiness
Naogaon's Sourav Succeeds at Squash Farming After Watching YouTube
A Raninagar farmer who learned about squash from a YouTube report has had a good first harvest with support from the agriculture department.
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'Drip Irrigation' Pleases Year-Round Flower and Vegetable Growers
A three-year drip irrigation programme run by BADC in Jashore has benefited year-round flower and vegetable growers, and a new project for 26 upazilas is planned.
Agribusiness
Jhenaidah's Kaliganj Date Palm Gur Market Losing Its Glory
Fewer trees and tappers, plus early-season rain, have cut the supply of gur reaching Kaliganj's famous twice-weekly date palm gur market in Jhenaidah.
Agribusiness
Foreigners Too Enjoy the Wonderful Taste of Jashore's Gur
Date palm gur and patali made in Rajganj, Jashore, loved across the country, are now being exported to Malaysia and Singapore.
Agribusiness
'Jashore's Pride, Date Palm Juice': Famed Gur Faces Falling Trees, Fewer Tappers and Adulteration
Jashore's date palm juice, gur and patali are still made and sold, but shrinking tree numbers, fewer tappers, low prices and adulteration are hurting the trade.
Agribusiness
Jail or Fine for Keeping or Trading Pet Birds Without a Licence
The government has finalised the Pet Bird Management Rules 2020, requiring licences for pet bird farms, pet shops and trade, with jail or fines for violators.
Agribusiness
Ugly Fruit and Vegetables: Why a Third of Europe's Food Is Thrown Away
A University of Edinburgh study finds that a third of Europe's crops are wasted because supermarkets and shoppers want perfect-looking produce.
Agribusiness
Rice Transplanter Can Plant an Acre on a Litre of Fuel
Machine transplanting of Boro rice began for the first time in Tarail, Kishoreganj, where the Department of Agricultural Extension says a transplanter can plant an acre a day on a litre of fuel.
Agribusiness
Aman Paddy Lottery Fails Farmers, Favours Middlemen
The lottery used to pick farmers who could sell aman paddy to government food stores has benefited middlemen and non-farmers, and Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder admits the lists were flawed.
Agribusiness
Kuchia Eels Bring In Foreign Currency
Wild-caught kuchia eels from Rupganj are exported to China, Hong Kong and Japan, earning about Tk 6 crore in foreign currency a year, but habitat loss threatens the trade.
Agribusiness
Kushtia Growers Prosper Selling Flower Seedlings
Kushtia's nurseries are selling more flower seedlings as winter deepens, earning growers more than conventional crops, though owners say they get no government support or loans.
Agribusiness
Tk 30 of Seed Earns Tk 45,000
Khulna sharecropper Sureshwar Mallik turned Tk 30 of spinach seed into Tk 45,000 in 45 days, and his success is inspiring others in Dumuria.
Fruits
Banana Farming Brings Profits to Joypurhat Farmers
Banana farming has become popular in Joypurhat, where about 10,000 families grow the crop and fruit goes to 35 districts.