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Cucumber Fields Hit by Viral Disease, Farmers at a Loss
Cucumber farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, are at a loss after a viral disease hit their fields and treatments recommended by the agriculture office failed.
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Gaibandha Women Turn to Floating Vegetable Farming
Marginal farmers, many of them women, in Saghata, Gaibandha, are growing vegetables without soil on floating beds in a waterlogged beel with help from a local NGO.
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Government to Buy Aman Paddy Through an App in 272 Upazilas
The government will buy Aman paddy through the "Krishoker App" in 272 selected upazilas as a pilot this season, the Directorate of Food has told field officials.
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Wild Elephant Carcass Recovered from Paddy Field in Netrokona
The carcass of a wild elephant has been recovered from a paddy field in the Betgara area of Kalmakanda, Netrokona, near the Indian border.
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Production Costs Don't Add Up: Pabna Farmers Unhappy with Aman Price
As aman paddy comes in, farmers in Pabna say prices of Tk 1,200-1,350 a maund leave little or no profit once higher production costs are counted.
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Pest Attack Ruins Aman in Panchagarh
Despite a good aman season in Panchagarh, farmers in parts of Sadar upazila have lost their crop to the brown planthopper, known locally as karen poka.
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Hemanta's Nabanna Festival: Farmers and Labourers Busy Cutting and Threshing Paddy
As a good aman crop comes in across Naogaon, farmers prepare for Nabanna, though locals say the new-rice festival has lost much of its old character.
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New BRRI Rice Variety With Less Disease and Higher Yields Awaits Release
The Bangladesh Rice Research Institute's new high-yielding Aman variety BRRI dhan103, which suffers less from pests and disease, is awaiting National Seed Board approval.
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Heavy Metals Found Not Just in Brinjal but in the Soil: Study
Researchers at Bangladesh Agricultural University studying heavy metals in brinjal found harmful lead, cadmium and nickel in the soil itself, meaning other crops may be affected too.
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Brown Planthopper Attacks Aman Fields, Farmers at a Loss
Brown planthopper is attacking this season's aman paddy in Mirsarai, Chattogram, and farmers accuse sub-assistant agriculture officers of not visiting the fields, a charge the officials deny.
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Zahurul Succeeds Growing Tomatoes on Brinjal Plants
A farmer in Raninagar, Naogaon, has succeeded in growing summer tomatoes by grafting them onto thorny wild brinjal plants, selling them at Tk 110 a kg wholesale.
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'A Loss if the Harvest Is Big, a Loss if It Is Poor'
Sherpur has had a high yield of winter vegetables, but heavy supply means farmers are not getting the prices they expected, and retail prices are starting to fall.
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BRRI Develops an Affordable Seed Sowing Machine for Tray Seedlings
BRRI scientists have developed a low-cost seed sowing machine that fills a seedling tray in one second, letting one worker sow 14,400 trays a day for rice transplanters.