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Carrots Sell at Tk 40 a Kg in Ishwardi, but Farmers' Profits Are Thin
Farmers in Ishwardi have had a bumper early carrot crop, but higher seed and fertiliser costs and imported carrots mean they are making little profit.
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Jhalakathi Farmers Busy With Winter Vegetable Cultivation
Farmers in Jhalakathi, where women work the fields alongside men, are busy planting and tending winter vegetables grown commercially for markets in the district and beyond.
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Fifty-Two Pigeons Die After Eating Poisoned Wheat Seed in Natore
Fifty-two pigeons died in a Natore Sadar village after eating wheat seed that a farmer had mixed with poison to keep birds away.
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Bumper Aman Crop Brings Smiles to Dakop Farmers
Aman planted late in Dakop, Khulna, because of a lack of rain has produced a bumper crop, and farmers are preparing to harvest within days.
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Good Paddy Yield Brings No Smiles to Ishwardi Farmers
Farmers in Ishwardi, Pabna, have had a good Aman crop but say low paddy prices and higher costs leave them with no profit.
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Kalojira Paddy Cultivation Declines in Mirsarai
Low yields have pushed farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, away from the aromatic Kalojira paddy towards high-yielding hybrid varieties.
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Winter Vegetables Grown on Fallow Land at Madarganj Upazila Parishad
Agriculture officer Md Shahadul Islam is winning praise for growing winter vegetables on once-overgrown fallow land at the Madarganj upazila parishad in Jamalpur.
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How Much Water Does It Take to Produce Rice?
A freelance journalist argues that the water, inputs and labour behind every kilo of paddy are reason enough to stop wasting rice.
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Sohan Succeeds with Integrated Farm, Earns Tk 15 Lakh a Year
Young Chuadanga entrepreneur Abdul Kader Sohan turned 2 bighas and Tk 50,000 into an integrated farm he says now makes Tk 13-15 lakh a year after costs.
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Farmer Abdur Rahman Profits from Red Amaranth
Feni farmer Md Abdur Rahman Bhuiyan says red amaranth grown on 180 decimals is paying off, with Tk 60,000 earned from a quarter of the crop.
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BRRI dhan87 Gives High Yields in a Short Time
Farmers in Bagatipara, Natore, have switched from Swarna to BRRI dhan87, a blast-resistant Aman variety that matures in 127 days and leaves time for mustard.
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Aman Cultivation in Sunamganj Exceeds Target
Sunamganj's flood-hit farmers have bounced back, planting transplanted aman on more land than targeted and reaping a bumper crop.
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Iqbal Becomes a Millionaire with a Nursery Started on Tk 7,000
Starting with Tk 7,000 on 9 decimals of land in 2001, Mirsarai's Iqbal Faruk has built a 2-acre nursery with capital of nearly Tk 1 crore.