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A Different Kind of Seed Fair in Satkhira
Women farmers displayed and swapped seeds of more than 100 local vegetable and food crop varieties at a seed fair in Shyamnagar, Satkhira.
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How to Plant Grape Seedlings at Home
Grapes can be grown at home with the right position, soil and care; here is how to plant and look after grape seedlings.
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The Benefits of Rearing Goats and Chickens Together
Farmers who keep chickens alongside goats in a shared shed can cut costs, reduce feed needs and get eggs, meat and compost.
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Government Is Working to Improve Agriculture: Agriculture Adviser
Agriculture and home adviser Lt Gen Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said the government is working to improve agriculture, speaking after visiting BARI in Gazipur.
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Water on the Padma Chars Leaves Farmers in Despair
The Padma has risen twice in 15 days at Ishwardi in Pabna, submerging hundreds of hectares of char farmland and destroying vegetable crops.
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Ways to Keep Your Farm Safe From Bird Flu
Cleaning and disinfecting everything on a poultry farm, and burning infected waste, can help protect ducks and chickens from bird flu.
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Output Up but No Buyers: Traders in Trouble over Aromatic Rice
With two seasons' aromatic rice unsold and prices falling, Dinajpur millers and traders are urging the government to lift the export ban before the new aman crop arrives.
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Coffee Farming Beckons Success in Sherpur
A local entrepreneur's commercial coffee success in Nalitabari has drawn more than a hundred farmers into the crop, with support from the agriculture office.
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Early Paddy Harvest Begins in Hili, Farmers Smile
Hakimpur farmers are harvesting early Jatabari paddy with labourers paid in straw, clearing the fields for early potatoes.
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Early Bean Crop Fails, Farmers Weep in Silence
Waterlogging after three spells of heavy rain has devastated the early bean crop in Ishwardi, leaving farmers with heavy losses.
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Jhalakathi's Amra Now Going Abroad
Farmers in Jhalakathi say their amra, prized for its sweetness, now meets demand across Bangladesh and is also being sent abroad.
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Former Soldier in West Bengal Locks Up His Banana Trees to Stop Thieves
A former Indian Army soldier in West Bengal has fenced and padlocked his roadside banana trees after years of losing every bunch to thieves.
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Collecting Snails Keeps Families Going in Chalan Beel
With little other work in the Chalan Beel area, thousands of poor people collect snails for a living, though experts warn the harvest harms soil fertility and the food chain.