Flows to low- and middle-income countries have grown 94% since 2016 to more than four times official development assistance; 220 million migrants support 1.1 billion relatives, about US$233 billion reached rural areas, and recipient families invest an estimated US$22 billion a year in rural agrifood
With phosphorus retailing above US$1,000 a ton and some retailers burned on spring nitrogen, CropLife hears GROWMARK, AgriPartners and Sunrise Cooperative urge early procurement, more storage and honest grower communication; nearly half of global urea exports pass the Strait of Hormuz, over 60% of U
An Agbiz outlook carried by FarmingPortal: local fertiliser prices were 20% above a year earlier at the end of August with Brent above US$100, tractor sales have fallen four months running to 606 units in August (down 13%), foot-and-mouth restrictions leave few export outlets if drought forces cattl
The Bangladesh Sugarcrop Research Institute has released the Philippine black sugarcane as BSRI Akh 49; Bashundhara Agro Chemical Industries' research farm at Kaliakair has grown it experimentally on 20 decimals since January 2025 with a new planting method, while Gazipur's cane area stands at 1,603
BigIron's Cody Holst and Van Wall Equipment's Mark See report buyers returning cautiously as commodity prices recover, favouring domestic used machines that carry no tariff over expensive new ones, after a 47-machine auction at the Farm Progress Show.
In Chuadanga's Alamdanga upazila, locals intercepted a truck moving TSP fertiliser allocated from a BADC godown without valid papers; police have taken the fertiliser, the truck and a grocery trader into custody.
Chief executive Andy O'Brien says the difference was walking before running — sales matched to costs, growing rooms run like food factories, and a focus on what indoor growing does uniquely, such as microgreens ready in five days, 365 days a year.
Ahead of the Puja season, demand has pushed hilsa prices up in Kolkata, where fresh fish of a kilogram or more are in short supply.
Dhaka South City Corporation's administrator opened a tree-planting drive on a canal bank in Kadamtali and urged residents to help keep canals and drains clean.
Hilsa imported from India through Benapole at a landed cost of about Tk 514 a kg is being passed off as Padma hilsa for Tk 1,400-1,800 a kg, buyers complain.
Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited has been receiving gas to demand for about a week and resumed ammonia production on 9 September; once mechanical faults are fixed the plant expects to turn out 1,000 tonnes of urea a day.
Two farmers in Kumarkhali, Kushtia, grew poison-free bitter gourd under Good Agricultural Practices, but with no separate market they get the same low price as ordinary produce.
Roe-laden hilsa landed at Bharuch is going to Bangladesh as a trial run, says Howrah Fish Importers' Association secretary Syed Anwar Maksud, whose association is meanwhile lobbying Dhaka for Padma hilsa before the Pujas.
