Vegetables
Soybean Oil Still Short Despite Price Rise, Eggs and Chicken Stay Dear in Dhaka
A Tk 5 rise in bottled soybean oil has not ended the supply shortage in Dhaka's retail markets, where eggs and chicken remain expensive.
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Agribusiness
Soybean Oil Price to Follow World Market and Production Cost, Says Minister
Commerce minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir said edible oil prices are set in line with the international market and domestic production and processing costs.
Bangladesh
New mutation rules put inherited land on a single joint record first
Under the Ministry of Land's new rules, inherited land that has not been divided will stay on one khatian carrying every heir's name jointly.
Agribusiness
Keeping young people in farming needs land, credit and housing, FAO says
Forty-four percent of working youth depend on agrifood systems, yet access to land, finance and rural services still pushes young people away from farming, the FAO Director-General told a conference in Croatia.
Agribusiness
An Easy Recipe for Palmyra Palm Patishapta
A step-by-step recipe for tal patishapta, a soft palmyra palm crepe rolled around a coconut and date jaggery filling.
Fisheries
Fermented fish gives a Cambodian cooperative a second income
A year after 19 members — 18 of them women — were trained in fish processing, the Mean Chey cooperative in Prey Veng buys 100 kg of pangasius a month and makes 200,000 to 300,000 riels in monthly profit from fermented fish.
Agribusiness
Soybean Oil Up Tk 5 a Litre
The commerce ministry has allowed a Tk 5 a litre rise in the price of bottled soybean oil, taking it to Tk 204.
Crops
Government to Buy 70,000 Tonnes of Fertiliser From Morocco for Tk 688 Crore
The government will import 40,000 tonnes of DAP and 30,000 tonnes of TSP fertiliser from Morocco at a cost of about Tk 688.7 crore.
Crops
Government to Buy Tk 445 Crore of Oil and Lentils for Subsidised Sale
The government will spend Tk 445.60 crore on 2 crore litres of refined palm olein and 10,000 tonnes of lentils for subsidised sale to one crore low-income families.
Agribusiness
PepsiCo backs young-farmer programmes as the average farmer nears 58
With the average farmer worldwide about 58 years old, PepsiCo's social impact chief Monica Bauer describes the company's regional programmes — Future Harvest in Europe, Field to Future in the US, the Kgodiso fund in South Africa and Agrovita in Mexico — and the three barriers young farmers face ever
Vegetables
Only Two Vegetables Sell for Under Tk 50 in Dhaka
Of the 21 vegetables on sale in Dhaka's kitchen markets, only papaya and large bitter gourd cost less than Tk 50 a kg, while chicken, eggs and fish also stayed expensive.
Crops
Don't Spread Needless Panic With Words Like 'Onion Sting' and 'Chilli Heat', Says Commerce Official
A commerce ministry trade adviser told an FBCCI meeting that media phrases about prices spread needless panic, drawing protests from journalists.
Agribusiness
Fair Prices for Farm Produce and Market Volatility
Blaming middlemen alone will not fix Bangladesh's farm markets, this analysis argues; fair prices for farmers and consumers need market-led planning, information, storage and coordination.