Fruits
Not Jam or Jelly: Make a Sweet-and-Sour Curry With Guava
Guava is mostly eaten ripe or as jam and jelly, but it can also be cooked into a spiced sweet-and-sour curry.
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Bangladesh
Agribusiness
DSCC Administrator Launches Tree-Planting Drive in Kadamtali
Dhaka South City Corporation's administrator opened a tree-planting drive on a canal bank in Kadamtali and urged residents to help keep canals and drains clean.
Agrotech
Satellite tool could cut nitrogen fertiliser use by 22pc, JnU researchers say
N-FertiSmart uses remote sensing to recommend nitrogen field by field, bringing the rate down from about 174kg to 135.7kg a hectare.
Agribusiness
Indian and Myanmar Hilsa Costing Tk 500 a kg Sold at Tk 1,400-1,800 as Padma Hilsa
Hilsa imported from India through Benapole at a landed cost of about Tk 514 a kg is being passed off as Padma hilsa for Tk 1,400-1,800 a kg, buyers complain.
Agribusiness
CUFL restarts ammonia plant as gas returns, urea output expected soon
Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited has been receiving gas to demand for about a week and resumed ammonia production on 9 September; once mechanical faults are fixed the plant expects to turn out 1,000 tonnes of urea a day.
Crops
Poison-Free Bitter Gourd Fetches No Premium, Farmers Losing Interest
Two farmers in Kumarkhali, Kushtia, grew poison-free bitter gourd under Good Agricultural Practices, but with no separate market they get the same low price as ordinary produce.
Crops
Naogaon gives 35,000 marginal Aman growers Tk 2.55 crore of free seed and fertiliser, Tk 730 each
Under the Kharif-2 incentive programme, farmers in the district's 11 upazilas each received 5 kg of seed, 10 kg of DAP and 10 kg of MOP for one bigha; Niamatpur (5,100) and Mohadevpur (5,000) had the most beneficiaries.
Environment
Animals Die as Gazipur Safari Park Struggles
Mismanagement and neglect at Gazipur Safari Park in Sreepur have seen animal after animal die or go missing, uncollected lease money and falling visitor numbers.
Environment
Migratory Birds Flock to Ulupur Dighi in Tarash, Delighting Visitors
Flocks of migratory birds from colder countries have again settled at Ulupur Dighi in Tarash, Sirajganj, drawing visitors, while locals urge protection from hunters.
Vegetables
Padma Hilsa or Gujarat Hilsa? How to Tell Them Apart
With hilsa from Gujarat's Bharuch region on sale in Bangladesh, a few physical signs can help buyers tell it from Padma river fish, though none is conclusive.
Environment
Only about 23 slow lorises left in Lawachara as rescued animals die on release
Seven of nine radio-collared lorises released in the park died within a short time; deforestation is pushing the endangered nocturnal primate into villages, where roads, railway lines and power lines kill it.
Agribusiness
Kolkata fish importers ask Bangladesh's commerce minister to lift hilsa export ban
The Fish Importers' Association of Kolkata has written to Khandaker Abdul Muktadir seeking a permanent end to the ban in place since July 2012, saying the limited Durga Puja permits since 2019 are not enough.
Vegetables
How to Grow Chia Seed as a Rabi Crop
Chia, a highly nutritious oilseed, can be grown in Bangladesh as a winter rabi crop, sown by 15 November and harvested in 90-100 days.