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Black Rice Paddy Catches the Eye in Nandigram
A farmer in Nandigram upazila of Bogura has drawn crowds by growing black rice for the first time in the area.
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Vegetables Flourish in the Yard of Guimara Police Station
The officer-in-charge of Guimara police station in Khagrachhari has turned fallow land in the station yard into a vegetable garden and is planting a fruit orchard.
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Government to Buy Rice at Tk 42 and Paddy at Tk 28 a Kg
The government will buy eight lakh tonnes of paddy and rice from the domestic market this aman season, paying Tk 42 a kg for rice and Tk 28 for paddy.
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Feni Farmers Rush to Grow Early Vegetables for Better Profit
Farmers across Feni's six upazilas are busy growing early winter vegetables in the hope of higher prices at the start of the season.
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Kurigram Farmers Try to Recover with Winter Vegetables
Farmers in flood-hit Kurigram are trying to recover by growing early winter vegetables, with production under way on 710 of 7,250 target hectares.
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BRRI Advises Farmers on What to Do After Cyclones and Storm Rain
The Bangladesh Rice Research Institute has told farmers how to protect aman paddy after a cyclone or storm rain.
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Dinajpur Farmers Busy Planting Early Potatoes
Farmers in Dinajpur are busy planting early potatoes on land cleared of short-duration aman, hoping for higher prices, though fertiliser costs are a worry.
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Power Cut in Parts of Faridpur, Widespread Damage to Aman
Cyclone Sitrang caused widespread damage to ripening aman paddy in Faridpur, uprooted trees and left several upazilas without electricity.
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BRRI's Farming Advice After Cyclone Sitrang
The Bangladesh Rice Research Institute has issued advice for rice farmers following Cyclone Sitrang.
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Cyclone Raises Fears for Aman and Vegetables in Mirsarai
Farmers in Mirsarai fear losses after Cyclone Sitrang's rain and wind flattened aman seedlings and flooded winter vegetable fields.
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Minicket Exists, Minicket Doesn't
As researchers, BRRI and millers disagree over whether minicket paddy exists at all, the government is drafting a law to stop rice being sold under that name.
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Mirsarai Farmers Happy With Yardlong Bean Prices
Good yields and wholesale prices of Tk 45-50 a kg have made yardlong bean farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, happy this season.
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Fourth Farmers' Market Opens in Azimpur
Dhaka South City Corporation's fourth farmers' market opened in Azimpur, giving vetted farmers from Savar a place to sell safe vegetables and fruit.