Agribusiness

Prices of All Fruit Rise Ahead of Ramadan

Almost all local and foreign fruit in Dhaka's markets became dearer before Ramadan, with rises of Tk 20 to 60.

Jagonews2418 February 20262 min read

Bumper Potato Yield, but Joypurhat Farmers Despair Over Prices

Potato yields are good in Joypurhat, but falling prices mean farmers are losing Tk 10,000 to 15,000 on every bigha they grew.

Jagonews2418 February 20262 min read

Crops

'Mango and Honey Business, I Enjoy This Life': Tarek

In a Facebook post after the election, Amjanatar Dal member secretary Md Tarek Rahman said his mango and honey business supports his family and his politics.

Jagonews2416 February 20264 min read

Fruits

Badamtoli Dates Market Bustling Ahead of Ramadan

Buyers and traders are crowding the Sadarghat-Badamtoli fruit market in Old Dhaka for dates ahead of Ramadan, while traders' associations have issued rules on quality and weights.

Jagonews2415 February 20263 min read

Vegetables

How to Cook Achari Aloo Dum

With new potatoes in the market, achari aloo dum, potatoes cooked in a spiced yoghurt and pickle sauce, makes a different dish for a day off.

Jagonews2412 February 20262 min read

Agribusiness

Senegal's AgriConnect compact targets 800,000 farm jobs by 2029

Launched in Dakar with the World Bank Group, the AgriConnect Senegal Compact focuses on grains, horticulture and livestock, aiming for more than 90 percent national food security and 100 community cooperatives within three years.

worldbank10 February 20263 min read

Vegetables

A Different Taste From Winter Vegetables: Cabbage Kofta

Cabbage, usually cooked as a curry or bhaji, can be turned into koftas that are crisp outside and soft inside.

Jagonews248 February 20261 min read

Livestock

Passports for 2.2 million camels: how Saudi Arabia is registering its livestock

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture is issuing passports to the country's roughly 2.2 million camels to build a reliable record of identity and ownership for a sector worth more than two billion riyals a year and earmarked under Vision 2030 as a non-oil earner.

BBC Bangla7 February 20263 min read

Crops

Pabna Hopes to Harvest Tk 4.5 Crore Worth of Honey

Pabna's agriculture department expects to harvest 110 tonnes of honey worth about Tk 4.5 crore from bee boxes set beside mustard fields in the district.

Jagonews246 February 20263 min read

Agribusiness

Sugarcane, okra and coffee growers turn Choluteca's harvests into jobs

Three producer organisations in southern Honduras, a powdered-sugarcane plant, an okra exporter shipping a container a day and a specialty coffee cooperative, now employ hundreds, with ComRural II backing 19 business plans and more than 3,200 jobs.

worldbank4 February 20263 min read

Crops

Serve Bean-Seed Dal to Lift a Plate of Hot Rice

Winter bean seeds cooked with mung or masur dal make a simple, nourishing dal to eat with hot rice.

Jagonews244 February 20262 min read

Vegetables

Manikganj's Singair Could Sell Tk 90 Crore Worth of Carrots This Season

Carrots on 905 hectares in Singair upazila could sell for around Tk 90 crore this season, though farmers say a lack of cold storage denies them a fair price.

Jagonews244 February 20264 min read

Vegetables

Rising Above Taunts, College Student Minhajul Succeeds in Farming

Twelfth-grade student Minhajul Minar of Joypurhat's Khetlal has turned taunts into praise by farming vegetables on three acres of mostly leased land.

Jagonews243 February 20265 min read