Fruits
Mango Varieties Still in Dhaka Markets at Season's End, Local Fruit in Demand
Although the mango season is nearly over, Dhaka markets still sell several varieties at Tk 120 to 200 a kg, and local fruits are in strong demand.
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Agribusiness
Fisheries
A teacher who quit to sell fish now shifts 12 kg of tilapia a day
Farmed fish made up only 19 per cent of Kenya's 168,424 tonnes of fish output in 2024, but demand is rising in Nyeri, Meru and Tharaka Nithi as unreliable rains push families away from crops and livestock.
AgribusinessLabour takes 40 cents of every dollar on US specialty crop farms
Fruit, vegetable and nursery growers spend nearly three times the American average on labour, while corn farms spend 4 percent of their cash expenses on it.
Agribusiness
Poultry Farmers Block Highway in Gazipur to Protest Feed Price Rise
Poultry farmers in Sreepur, Gazipur, blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway to protest a rise in feed prices while egg prices keep falling.
Agribusiness
Farmer-owned Keystone Cooperative joins Alloy’s One Health venture studio
Indiana’s century-old Keystone Cooperative, which serves more than 20,000 farmers, has invested in and joined Alloy Partners’ One Health Studio to help build start-ups at the meeting point of animal, plant and human health.
Environment
Ethiopia has 5.3 million irrigable hectares and has developed a tenth
IWMI and Ethiopian ministries have co-developed the country's first public-private partnership strategy for small-scale irrigation, built on seven business models and pilot schemes in Sidama and Central Ethiopia.
Crops
Kamal Sheikh Succeeds With Super Hot Chilli on 10 Decimals of Land
A trial plot of super hot chilli on just 10 decimals of land in Kaliganj, Gazipur, has brought farmer Kamal Sheikh a good harvest and good market prices, and he plans to expand next season.
Agribusiness
Fish Bought as a Gift for Kuwait to Be Sold at Auction
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh will auction 20 tonnes of prawns, shrimp and pomfret it bought as a gift for the Kuwaiti government after flight problems stopped the shipment.
Agrotech
The Technology That Could Change the Future of Farming in Bangladesh
The AI-based platform Dr. Chashi, used with about 100,000 farmers since 2020, lets farmers photograph a diseased crop, get a likely diagnosis and act before reaching for pesticide.
Fruits
Chinese Traders Show Interest in Bangladeshi Farm Produce and Fruit
Bangladesh's stall at the 2026 Mekong-Lancang Fruit, Coffee, Flower and Beer Carnival in Kunming, China, has drawn strong interest from local visitors and traders.
Crops
Rotten Potatoes in Cold Storage Sacks Leave Farmers Facing Losses
Four months after farmers and traders stored hundreds of thousands of tonnes of potatoes in Bogura and Joypurhat hoping for better prices, demand is weak, prices are flat and the stored crop has begun to rot.
Agribusiness
Indian Hilsa Cheaper, Local Hilsa Dear as Sea Catch Falls
Local hilsa is selling far above Indian hilsa at Chattogram's Fishery Ghat because a storm signal kept trawlers from bringing in enough fish, but traders expect prices to ease within days.
Agribusiness
IIF takes its invest-in-a-farmer app to Canada after Verdex Capital backing
Australian platform IIF, which lets ordinary people put money into a farmer’s cows, beehives or acres of canola and share the season’s return, is expanding across Canada after a funding round joined by its first Canadian investor, Verdex Capital.