500kg of Bangladesh's Rupban Beans Head to Italy
Rupban beans from Sitakunda in Chattogram are going to Italy for the first time, with an exporter buying 500 kg from a local farmer.
Rupban beans from Sitakunda in Chattogram are going to Italy for the first time, with an exporter buying 500 kg from a local farmer.
Mongla port released 51 tonnes of imported apples on 21 December, the first apple consignment to come through the port.
Five foods, from herbal tea to oranges and colourful winter vegetables, can help boost immunity during the cold season.
Synchronised cultivation, with tray-raised seedlings planted by rice transplanters at the same time, is being introduced in the hills of Matiranga, Khagrachhari.
In the mango district of Chapainawabganj, young farmer Rubel Ali has built a 26-bigha malta orchard that he expects to earn about Tk 40 lakh this year.
Experts at the close of an FAO-backed project said fall armyworm infestation is rising in Bangladesh's crop fields and needs sustainable management.
After losing his first batch and suffering in the pandemic, Ahidun Nabi of Mirsarai turned a small biofloc pond into a fish and cattle business with Tk 40 lakh in capital.
China could become a major export market for Bangladeshi mangoes and jute goods, its ambassador told the FBCCI president, if Good Agricultural Practices are adopted.
Farmers in several Joypurhat villages have turned waterlogged low land into profitable water chestnut fields at very little cost.
Farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, have begun harvesting aman paddy after weathering two cyclones, with a target of 89,325 tonnes of paddy this season.
Two friends in Shayestaganj, Habiganj, have made a success of year-round watermelon on 22 bighas of previously fallow land, selling 20,000 fruits.
Banana growers across Nilphamari's six upazilas are raising potatoes, vegetables and pulses between their banana plants to earn more from the same land.
Cheated by a broker in a bid to work abroad, a young man in Govindaganj, Gaibandha, turned to growing oranges and is now becoming self-reliant.