Crops
Kumra Bori Brings Prosperity Back to Rural Families
Each winter, families in Pabna's villages make kumra bori, sun-dried lentil and ash gourd dumplings, and the extra income is improving their circumstances.
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Bangladesh
Fruits
Signs That Show Your Body Lacks Vitamin D
With less time spent in the sun, vitamin D deficiency has become common in towns and villages alike, and a few symptoms can give early warning.
Vegetables
New Potato Prices Rise by Tk 10-25 a kg in Dinajpur
A sudden jump in new potato prices in Dinajpur, blamed on a cold spell that has kept labourers out of the fields, has pushed buyers towards old potatoes.
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A Hobby Turned Bird Business Selling Tk 3 Lakh a Month
Young entrepreneur Mehedi Hasan Shuvo has turned a childhood love of birds into a shop in Old Dhaka that sells Tk 2-3 lakh worth of birds a month.
Fruits
Does Amla Pickle Still Give You Vitamin C?
Lightly processed amla pickle keeps some vitamin C, but boiling, long cooking and long storage can strip away much of it.
Fruits
What to Know Before Eating Guava With the Skin
Eating guava with its skin adds extra nutrients, but nutritionists say people with diabetes or high cholesterol may be better off peeling it.
Crops
Father and Son Succeed With Honey Farming in Magura
Al Amin and his father Sabu Molla are collecting honey from mustard flowers with bee boxes set in fields at Defulia village in Magura Sadar.
Crops
Unchecked Pond Digging Destroys Paddy Land, Leaving Thousands of Farmers Waterlogged
Ponds are being dug unchecked on triple-crop paddy land across Tarash in Sirajganj, blocking drainage and leaving thousands of bighas permanently under water.
Vegetables
Spring Onion Paratha Can Bring a Different Taste
A simple recipe for spring onion paratha, a warm winter breakfast or afternoon snack made with fresh seasonal spring onions.
Crops
Rice Seedlings Dying in Dense Fog, Farmers Worried
A cold wave and dense fog in Bhola are killing boro rice seedlings, leaving farmers, some of them on loans, fearing a shortage of seedlings.
Crops
How to Care for Livestock in Winter
A veterinary student sets out how farmers can keep cattle warm, well fed and healthy through Bangladesh's cold December and January.
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Winter Vegetable Prices Rise Again
Prices of winter vegetables in Dhaka have risen by Tk 10-20 a kg in a week, with tomatoes selling at Tk 100-120 in the peak season.
Crops
Cold Hits Boro, Potato and Mustard Farmers
Prolonged cold and dense fog are reddening boro seedbeds, raising late blight risk in potatoes and cutting yields of beans and mustard across Bangladesh.