Crops
Educated Youth in Hossainpur Succeeds in Farming
A madrasa-educated young man in Kishoreganj's Hossainpur has found success growing cucumber on fallow land next to his home, helped by good market prices this season.
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Bangladesh
Crops
Babuganj Sugarcane Molasses in Demand Across Barishal
Sugarcane farmers in Barishal's Babuganj are working all day to meet Ramadan demand for the adulteration-free molasses they make beside their fields.
Crops
Local Fruit Sells More Despite High Prices
Demand for fruit has soared in Ramadan, and with imported fruit costly, Dhaka shoppers are buying local fruit instead, though they complain its prices have also climbed.
Crops
Fish Farming Can Bring All-Round Development
Dr Forkan Ali describes how the Mymensingh Aquaculture Extension Project, begun in 1990, used demonstration ponds, loans, training and later NGO partnerships to spread improved fish farming.
Crops
Flower and Fruit Drop in Trees: Causes and Remedies
Excessive flower and fruit drop cuts yields, but it can be reduced by managing water, nutrients, pests and pollination, and by avoiding sprays while trees are pollinating.
Fisheries
The Pirates Are Gone, but the Hardship Remains
Sea piracy has largely ended around Barguna's Patharghata, but the area's hilsa fishermen remain trapped in poverty by debt, advance-payment chains, disasters and a lack of credit.
Crops
Hopes of Profit Dashed, Strawberry Growers Struggle to Save Their Capital
Two young entrepreneurs who planted strawberries on a vast Teesta sandbar in Kurigram's Ulipur face heavy losses after seedlings of the wrong quality failed to deliver the yield they expected.
FruitsGouripur factory made mango juice without mango; owner jailed for three months
A mobile court in Gouripur, Mymensingh, on 4 March 2025 jailed the owner of an unlicensed juice factory for three months and fined him Tk 1 lakh after finding drinks made from chemicals with no mango at all.
Crops
No Buds on Lychee Trees, Growers Fear Severe Crop Failure
Lychee orchards in Ishwardi, where the fruit supports more than a lakh people, have few buds this season, and growers fear the worst crop failure they can remember.
Crops
A Story of Struggle Mixed with the Smell of Dried Fish
At Nazirartek near Cox's Bazar, the country's largest dried-fish village, thousands of fishing families work from dawn to turn the sea's catch into shutki, with daily trade worth crores of taka.
Fruits
Watermelon at Tk 90 a Kg in Mymensingh
Watermelon sellers at Mymensingh's Shambhuganj bazar refuse to sell by the piece and are charging up to Tk 90 a kg, leaving many buyers to go home without one.
Environment
Environment Under Threat, a New Drive for Awareness
As plastic and polythene pollution damages rivers, fish and farmland in Barguna's Patharghata, local man Shafikul Islam Khokon is campaigning to get people to give up plastic.
CropsWhy crops need micronutrients: what zinc, boron and iron do, and signs of shortage
Eight of the 17 elements plants need are micronutrients, required in tiny amounts, yet a shortage of any one of them limits growth and yield. FAO counts zinc and boron deficiencies as the most important worldwide.