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Mango Exports Reach 2,700 Tonnes This Year, Most to the UK
Bangladesh has exported 2,700 tonnes of mangoes so far this year, about 1,000 tonnes more than last year, with the United Kingdom the largest buyer.
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Sharsha Farmers Worried About Transplanted Aman
With little rain even in the monsoon, farmers in Sharsha, Jashore, are irrigating to plant transplanted Aman rice, and the extra cost has left them anxious.
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Ashwina Mangoes Fail to Fetch a Price in Their GI Year
Chapainawabganj's Ashwina mango recently won geographical indication status, but this year farmers cannot recover their production costs from selling it.
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BARI Varieties Lengthen the Mango Season, but Prices Stay High
Thanks to Amrapali and BARI varieties, mangoes are still plentiful in Dhaka's markets in August, though prices are rising as the season lengthens.
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Omar Sharif Succeeds With Avocado Farming in Mirsarai
Young entrepreneur Md Omar Sharif has become the first to grow avocado on trial in Mirsarai, and now plans to expand and sell seedlings.
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No Rain at Height of Season, Aman Farming in Doubt
A lack of rain at the height of the season has left Mirsarai farmers unsure whether they can grow aman at all this year.
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Khagrachhari's Successful Agri-Entrepreneur Nurul Alam
Md Nurul Alam, who worked in IT, is growing desert dates commercially on the hills of Matiranga in Khagrachhari.
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Farmers Struggle to Plant Aman Even in the Rainy Season
Scant monsoon rain has forced Thakurgaon farmers to plant aman using costly machine irrigation, with seedlings drying in the heat.
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Chuadanga Farmer Dies of Snakebite After Hours at Exorcist's House
A farmer bitten by a snake in his paddy field in Chuadanga died in hospital after his family first took him to an exorcist.
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Atikullah's Green Dream Hangs From the Trellis
A farmer in his sixties in Kaliganj, Gazipur, has drawn crowds with sweet grapes on about a bigha of trellises, once mocked by his neighbours.
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Shrabon 'Drought' Burns Northern Farmers' Fortunes
A rainless monsoon is forcing farmers across northern Bangladesh to irrigate aman paddy, pushing up costs and raising fears of lower yields.
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Eight Farmers Succeed With Watermelon in Mirsharai
Summer watermelon has been grown in Mirsharai for the first time, with eight farmers in eight unions selling fruit at Tk 60-80 a kg.
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Mirsharai Okra Worth Tk 2.5 Crore at Market
Farmers in Mirsharai have had a bumper okra harvest this season, with the crop worth an estimated Tk 2.62 crore.