Crops

Hill-Slope Tomatoes Raise a Farmer's Hopes of Tk 50 Lakh

Farmer Md Abu Sayeed hopes to earn Tk 50 lakh from tomatoes grown on hill slopes about 300 feet above the plain at Mestarir Char in Matiranga, Khagrachhari.

Jagonews248 February 20243 min read

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Rice Traders' Tricks Continue Despite Warnings and Drives

Rice prices rose by up to Tk 6 a kg around last month's election but have fallen by at most Tk 2 at retail, despite the food minister's warning and daily anti-hoarding drives.

Jagonews248 February 20246 min read

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Maize Farming Turns Farmers' Fortunes in Thakurgaon

Because it costs little and pays well, maize cultivation keeps growing in Thakurgaon, where farmers have turned to hybrid varieties as an alternative to rice and other crops.

Jagonews247 February 20242 min read

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Farmers Score With Valentina and Carotina Cauliflower

Purple "Valentina" and yellow "Carotina" cauliflowers fetch double the price of white ones, and farmers in Shariatpur are growing more of them each year.

Jagonews247 February 20243 min read

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Tk 600 Crore of Paddy Washed Away in Sunamganj as Embankments Broke Over Five Years

Breaches in haor crop-protection embankments during untimely floods have washed away Tk 600 crore 20 lakh of paddy in Sunamganj over the past five years, the agriculture department says.

Jagonews246 February 20243 min read

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Sharsha Farmer Ataur Profits From Bean Farming

Farmer Ataur Rahman of Sharsha in Jashore has profited from growing an early summer IPSA-1 hybrid bean variety, one of 45 hectares of early beans in the upazila this year.

Jagonews246 February 20242 min read

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BMDA Neglect Hampers Boro Farming on 250 Bigha

Boro cultivation on 250 bigha in Gaibandha's Saghata upazila is being hampered because pumps under the Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) at Ramnagar have no power connection or remain unrepaired.

Jagonews246 February 20243 min read

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Sitakunda farmers grow 12,000 coloured cauliflowers

Coloured cauliflowers have been grown in Sitakunda, Chattogram, for the second year, with the number rising from 1,200 to 12,000.

Jagonews244 February 20242 min read

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'Tal begun' brinjal changes the fortunes of Mirsarai farmers

Brinjal farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, are earning well, many of them from the high-yielding tal begun variety.

Jagonews243 February 20243 min read

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Kishoreganj farmer earns a lakh taka from yellow cauliflower

Farmer Abul Hasim in Pakundia, Kishoreganj, has earned a lakh taka from coloured cauliflower grown with organic fertiliser only.

Jagonews242 February 20242 min read

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Two Sitakunda farmers succeed with their first beetroot crop

Two farmers in Sitakunda, Chattogram, have had a good yield from beetroot in their first attempt at the crop.

Jagonews241 February 20242 min read

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Once unknown, kathbadam grows popular in Dinajpur

Kathbadam picked from trees around Dinajpur town has become a popular snack, sold fresh on the Boropul bridge.

Jagonews241 February 20242 min read

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Abdur Rahim sells Tk 6 lakh worth of jujube a year

Young Jhalakathi farmer Abdur Rahim Sikder has found success growing jujube with his father on 300 decimals of land.

Jagonews2431 January 20242 min read