Environment
What Will End the Human-Elephant Conflict in Sherpur?
With no permanent solution in a decade and a half, wild elephants and people keep dying in the conflict on the Sherpur border, where settlements have spread into the animals' range.
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Bangladesh
Environment
3.15 Crore Trees to Be Planted on Chattogram Coast in Five Years
The forest department plans to plant 3.15 crore trees on newly risen coastal chars over the next five years to build a green wall protecting the Chattogram coast.
Crops
Floating Vegetable Farming Changes Farmers' Fortunes
More than 50 farmers in Kalkini, Madaripur, are growing vegetables on floating beds on waterlogged land, and others in the district are taking an interest.
Crops
How to Care for Boro Seedbeds in a Cold Wave
With a cold wave sweeping the country, the agriculture ministry and the Agricultural Information Service (AIS) have advised farmers how to protect boro seedbeds.
Crops
AIS Explains Which Fertiliser to Use When for Boro Rice
The Agricultural Information Service has set out fertiliser doses and timing for both long- and short-duration boro rice varieties.
Crops
Paddy Price Up Tk 80 a Maund in Naogaon
Paddy prices in Naogaon have risen by Tk 50 to 80 a maund in 15 days, though farmers are still squeezed by higher costs of goods, fertiliser and fuel.
Crops
How to Protect Seedbeds in Dense Fog and Severe Cold
With dense fog spreading across the country, the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) has advised farmers how to protect rice seedbeds.
Crops
Boro Farmers Must Apply Fertiliser in the Right Doses, DAE Advises
The Department of Agricultural Extension has set out what Boro farmers should do, from fertiliser doses and line transplanting to pest watch until harvest.
Crops
Rice Solution App Will Identify Rice Diseases From a Photo
BRRI has launched the Rice Solution mobile app, which uses AI and machine learning to diagnose rice diseases and pests from photos sent straight from the field.
Environment
Rabbit Rearing: A Hobby That Also Brings an Income
Rabbits breed fast, fall ill rarely and are in demand, so more people in Bangladesh are rearing them both as a hobby and for income.
Agribusiness
Four-Legged Rooster in Chapainawabganj Draws Offers of Tk 50,000
A rooster with four legs has become the star attraction at a children's park in Nachol, Chapainawabganj, and bids for it have reached Tk 50,000.
Livestock
Ducks Keep Hossain Ali's Household Going in Sirajganj
Hossain Ali, 63, started with a couple of ducks as a hobby and now keeps 600, earning his family's living from them in Tarash, Sirajganj.
Livestock
2,500 Chicks Die in One Night at Loan-Funded Poultry Farm in Feni
Two thousand five hundred 12-day-old chicks died at a poultry farm in Sonagazi, Feni, and poultry doctors could not establish the cause.