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Farmer Dies of Snakebite in Sherpur
Farmer Aynal Haque (38) died after being bitten by a snake while checking his paddy field in Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur.
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Not Extortion or Begging: Hijra Group Wins Attention With Farming in Gazipur
Instead of collecting money from people, a group of third-gender people (hijras) in Gazipur has taken up farming on 13 bigha of sharecropped land.
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Food Department Fails on Paddy but Succeeds on Rice
Jhalakathi's food department collected only 15 tonnes of paddy against a 1,689-tonne target because market prices were higher than the government rate, but it met its rice procurement target in full.
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Not a Single Chhatak of Paddy Reached Food Department Warehouses in 7 Rangpur Districts
The food department bought no paddy at all in seven of Rangpur division's eight districts and only 3 tonnes in Dinajpur, against a 62,344-tonne target, though it beat its rice target.
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7,500 Farmers Get Free Fertiliser and Seed in Kumarkhali
Seven and a half thousand farmers in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia received free rice and jute seed and chemical fertiliser under an incentive programme to boost Aus rice and jute production.
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Farmer Sentu Hajong Develops 23 Rice Varieties in His Humble Home
Farmer Sentu Chandra Hajong of Sherpur has bred 23 new local rice varieties over 17 years of research at home, and hundreds of farmers now grow them.
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How to Control Rice Pests After Nor'wester Storms and Rain
The Bangladesh Rice Research Institute has told farmers how to control rice pests that may multiply as nor'wester storms and rain raise temperature and humidity.
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What to Do to Control Rice Blast Disease
The Agriculture Information Service has set out steps farmers should take to control blast, a fungal disease that can wipe out a rice crop in favourable weather.
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6,700 Hectares to Come Under Irrigation at a Cost of Tk 347 Crore
A project to rehabilitate the Meghna-Dhonagoda irrigation scheme in Chandpur's Matlab (North) will bring 6,700 hectares under irrigation and add 11,471 tonnes of rice a year.
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Desperate for Water, Boro Fields Crack in Moulvibazar
Five months without rain have dried up rivers and haors in Moulvibazar, leaving Boro rice fields cracked and farmers with no water to irrigate.
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225 Hectares of Fallow Land Brought Under Cultivation in Narail
Vegetables and other crops are now being grown on 225.63 hectares of fallow land across Narail, following Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's directive.
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Rivers Dry Up in Naogaon, Putting Lives and Livelihoods at Risk
Water in the Chhoto Jamuna and other rivers of Naogaon has fallen ahead of time, worrying Boro farmers and pushing fishermen into other jobs.
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Haor Farmers Fear Losing Their Crop Again This Year
Crop protection embankment work in Sunamganj's haors has missed its extended deadline, and farmers fear early floods will wreck their only Boro crop again.