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Groundnut Farming on the Rise in Nilphamari
Nilphamari farmers are growing more groundnut this season, drawn by low costs, few diseases and good market prices.
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Fields Full of Paddy, but Haor Farmers Worry About Prices
Despite a good boro harvest in Sunamganj's haors, farmers fear the paddy price will not cover the higher costs of fertiliser, pesticide and labour.
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Maize Farming Rises in Kurigram's Char Areas
Maize cultivation in Kurigram's char areas has grown by 1,220 hectares this season as farmers turn to a crop that costs less and earns more than paddy.
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Coffee and Cashew Show Promise in the Folds of the Hills
The government's coffee and cashew project has planted 25 lakh saplings in the Chattogram hill districts, some already fruiting, while IMED has ordered lost saplings replaced.
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Bumper Watermelon Yield in Shyamnagar, Satkhira
Farmers in five unions of Shyamnagar are getting good yields and prices for watermelon grown after paddy, arriving just as supplies from other regions run low.
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Shwapno Starts Selling Cucumbers 'Cheaper' Than the Open Market
Retail chain Shwapno says it is buying cucumbers from farmers at fair prices after wholesale rates fell to Tk 2-4 a kg, and selling them below open-market prices.
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Five Tasty Green Mango Dishes to Change the Taste of Summer Meals
With ripe mangoes not yet in the market, raw mangoes can go into chutney, salad, rice, chicken curry and a katla fish dish.
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Mango Fruitlets Dropping in Severe Drought
Rajshahi mango growers fear a poor crop as intense drought dries fruit stalks and sheds young mangoes that irrigation has failed to save.
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Mix These Seeds Into Watermelon Juice to Beat Dehydration
Nutritionists say a little chia seed stirred into watermelon juice boosts its benefits, helping with hydration, digestion and weight control.
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Drones to Be Used for Crop Monitoring and Flood Damage Assessment
The Department of Agricultural Extension will use drone and satellite images to monitor crops and assess flood damage, starting in Sylhet under an ADB-supported project.
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Sharsha Farmers Succeed With Lettuce Cultivation
Farmers in Sharsha upazila of Jashore have had remarkable success growing lettuce, a foreign leaf crop, in parts of Sadar and Ulashi unions this year.
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Hatishur, a Plant Full of Many Virtues
Hatishur, a weed-like plant with ivory-white flowers on curved stalks, is described as having a range of traditional medicinal uses.
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Farmers Bring In Their Crop From the First Day of Baishakh
A festival of harvesting ripe boro paddy was under way in Sunamganj's haors on the first day of Baishakh, with farmers and their families in the fields from sunrise.