Fruits
A Businessman's Thriving Mango Orchard in Lohajang
A Dhaka businessman has built a mango orchard at his ancestral village in Lohajang, Munshiganj, which this year is laden with many varieties.
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Manikganj's Hazari Gur, Named by Queen Elizabeth
Manikganj's Hazari gur, a date-palm jaggery made by an unchanged traditional process, survives through a few families who fear for its future.
Crops
Baby Watermelon, Another Profitable Crop
In Chuadanga, off-season Black Baby watermelon grown on trellises has become a profitable crop, doubling in area in a year.
Fruits
Winter Approaches in the Southwest as Tappers Prepare Date Palms for Sap
As winter nears, date palm tappers across southwest Bangladesh are preparing trees for the sap season, though both trees and tappers are dwindling.
Fruits
Ashes on the Mango Season Before It Begins
Shykh Seraj finds that the early mangoes flooding markets were chemically ripened Indian imports, untested at the border while local growers waited.
Vegetables
A Wealth of Fruit and Vegetables on a Strip of Parliament Land
In a corner of the National Parliament grounds, whip Mahbub Ara Gini has created a garden of dozens of fruits and vegetables grown organically.
Fruits
Early Doubts Over Mangoes
Shykh Seraj reports growers' fears ahead of the mango season after formalin raids and informal harvest dates, and shares a variety-by-variety harvest calendar.
Fruits
Rajshahi Mango Growers Face Doubts at the Start of the Season
At the start of the season, mango growers in Rajshahi fear losses from fixed harvest dates and urge officials not to harm a promising sector.
Fruits
Sweet Malta Orchards Spread Village by Village in Pirojpur
Malta orchards are spreading across villages in Pirojpur Sadar, where marginal farmer Rebati Sikder earned about 70,000 taka from 150 trees on his homestead.
Fruits
Uganda, the Kingdom of Bananas
In Uganda, where bananas are the staple and main crop, BRAC is producing tissue-culture seedlings to help farmers fight Panama disease.
Fruits
Uganda's Success in Improving Child Nutrition
With BRAC Uganda's agriculture and nutrition project, farm women in Uganda have created a nutritious baby food from milk, iron beans and sweet potato powder.
Fruits
Mango Growers Struggle to Control Pests and Fungus
Mango growers say they must spray heavily against pests and fungus, but researchers say fruit bagging could cut sprays to three a season.
Fruits
Mango Growers Suffer From Lack of Government Preparation
Mango production is booming across Bangladesh, but growers say the lack of government preparation and support is costing them their profits.