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Gazipur Farmers Happy With Bumper Sugarcane Yield
Sugarcane farmers in Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur have reaped a bumper yield and are getting fair prices, fuelling growing interest in the crop.
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Philippine Black Sugarcane Now Grown at Home in Chuadanga
Philippine black sugarcane is being grown commercially in Chuadanga, where farmers say it pays far better than other crops.
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Fatema Rice Variety Yields 50 Maunds a Bigha
A little-known paddy variety called 'Fatema' is drawing crowds in Naogaon's Manda with panicles of up to about 1,000 grains.
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BARI Scientists Develop a New Spice Variety, BARI Phiringi-1
BARI scientists at the Spice Research Centre in Bogura have developed BARI Phiringi-1, the first registered variety of a fenugreek-like spice used in panch phoron.
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Farmers See Promise in BINA-17 Rice
Harvesting of the high-yielding BINA-17 rice variety has begun in Naogaon, where farmers hope good yields will bring bigger profits.
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Naogaon Farmers Bounce Back From Losses With Early Vegetables
Farmers in Naogaon turned to early vegetables this year to recover last year's Covid losses, and good weather has brought higher yields.
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Aminul Makes His Own Way Farming Leased Land
A young man in Fulbaria, Mymensingh, who owns no land of his own has become self-reliant by growing aubergines and lemons on leased land.
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Farmers in Nilphamari Busy Planting Early Potatoes
Farmers in Kishoreganj upazila of Nilphamari have moved straight from the Aus rice harvest to planting early potatoes, with the area likely to exceed the target.
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Farmers Turn to High-Yielding, Flood-Tolerant Early Aman Variety BINA-11
The early, flood-tolerant Aman variety BINA-11 ripens a month earlier than other varieties and is spreading among farmers, its developers say.
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Year-Round Onion Trial Begins in Saidpur
The agriculture department in Saidpur, Nilphamari, has started a trial of the N-53 onion, which can be grown in both winter and summer, to ease onion shortages.
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Dumuria Farmers Succeed With Sweet Potatoes
Farmers in Dumuria upazila of Khulna are pleased with their first sweet potato harvest under the tuber crop development project, on land that used to lie fallow after Aman.
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Geneticist Abed Chowdhury's New Aman Rice Ripens Early in Kulaura
Australia-based geneticist Dr Abed Chowdhury has developed Kanihati Aman rice varieties that his grower in Kulaura harvested about a month and a half early.
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BINA dhan17 Gives a Bumper Harvest in 110 Days
In Mymensingh, BINA dhan17 is being harvested in 110 days while neighbouring Aman crops have not yet headed, drawing strong interest from farmers.