Mechanisation, smart farming, stronger research, digital marketplaces and farmer welfare schemes from developed countries could make Bangladesh's agriculture modern and profitable.
Rot disease has spread in transplanted aman fields across Jhenaidah and pesticides are not stopping it, farmers say, though the agriculture department says infestation has not risen much.
Dhaka North City Corporation planted 1,600 trees at Diabari as part of a plan to plant 5 lakh trees to restore the city's biodiversity.
The flowering stage is the most sensitive in a rice crop's life, and avoiding spraying, field traffic and water stress then can sharply reduce empty grains.
Hilsa prices have eased somewhat in Lakshmipur on the Meghna, with a one-kilogram fish selling for Tk 1,800-2,200, though fishers' leaders say catches remain below hopes.
Farmers in Satkhira began harvesting the high-yielding, salt-tolerant BINA dhan23 on 21 September, marking what officials called the start of the aman harvest in Bangladesh.
The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection has launched Bazardor, an Android app that gives daily updated prices of more than 100 essential goods.
Farm entrepreneur Masud Bhuiyan of Kaliganj, Gazipur, has had a good first harvest of the Philippine "black sugar cane" variety and inspired neighbours to follow.
A Chhatra Dal convening committee member at Jagannath University organised a two-day fruit and pitha festival for students.
Raw materials for Bangladesh's roughly Tk 50,000 crore feed industry have become cheaper, but feed prices have not come down.
Good off-season prices are drawing farmers in Chattogram's Mirsharai and Sitakunda upazilas to summer hybrid tomato.
Year-round watermelon farming has grown so much that the fruit is on sale in Dhaka well after summer.
The land ministry has drafted an ordinance to protect farmland, with a new zoning authority and penalties for turning cropland to other uses.
