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Farmers Frustrated as Tomatoes Cost Double in Retail Markets
Despite a bumper tomato crop in Mirsharai and Sitakunda, farmers are selling at Tk 10-12 a kg and struggling to cover costs while the same tomatoes sell for Tk 25-30 at retail.
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Sreepur Farmers Dream of Success With Strawberries
Farmers in Sreepur, Gazipur, are turning to strawberries, with the fruit meeting local demand and going to Dhaka and other districts.
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Superfood Quinoa Being Grown in Mirsharai
Mirsharai farmer Dilip Nath has grown quinoa for the first time in Chattogram, on about 24 decimals of land with help from the upazila agriculture office.
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Boro Cultivation Rises on Good Prices and Yields
Boro rice cultivation is rising in Patuakhali as improved varieties and inputs become available and farmers get good yields and prices.
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Paddy Supply Normal After Stockholding Rule Amended, Says PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told parliament that paddy supply is normal and illegal hoarding is being checked after mills' permitted paddy stocks were cut from five to three times their fortnightly milling capacity.
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Three Mirsharai Farmers Succeed With Coloured Cauliflower for First Time
Three farmers in Mirsharai, Chattogram, have succeeded with coloured cauliflower for the first time, growing it as demonstration plots of the upazila agriculture office.
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Mango Growers Worried as Trees Fail to Blossom
Mango growers in Chapainawabganj are worried because most trees had not blossomed by late February, with agriculturists pointing to climate change and severe cold.
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Purple Cabbage Grown in Thakurgaon
Purple cabbage, which needs little care and irrigation and suffers few diseases, is being grown for the first time in several upazilas of Thakurgaon.
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Tk 65 Crore Worth of Crop Produced in Sunamganj
Mustard is growing in popularity among haor farmers in Sunamganj, where this season's crop of 5,400 tonnes is worth Tk 65 crore.
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Mirsharai Teacher Lokman Succeeds With Broccoli
College teacher Md Lokman Hossain has succeeded with broccoli in Mirsharai, Chattogram, having grown the vegetable for 14 years alongside his teaching.
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Record Mustard Cultivation in Kaliganj
Farmers in Kaliganj, Gazipur, have sown mustard on a record area this season, drawn by good prices and strong demand.
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Unguarded Sluice Gate Floods Fields, Destroying Crops on Hundred Bighas
Water entering through an unrepaired regulator on a BWDB irrigation canal in Santhia, Pabna, has damaged crops on more than a hundred bighas.
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Monjurul's Colourful Cauliflowers Cause a Stir in Sharsha
Monjurul Ahsan of Sharsha, Jashore, has succeeded with yellow and purple cauliflowers, and buyers come to his field every day.