OpinionAgricultural Research in Bangladesh: From Research to Real-World Solutions
Why Bangladesh needs more farmer-centred, field-based, data-driven and impact-oriented agricultural research
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OpinionOpinion: the Ganges treaty ends in December, and Bangladesh needs a fairer one
Khayer Mahmud, associate professor of law at Jagannath University, writes that the 1996 deal guarantees no minimum dry-season flow, ignores environmental flows and lacks binding dispute settlement, and that its expiry risks a legal vacuum.
OpinionMarcel Bruins: Europe's seed sector needs both breeders' rights and patents
In a Seed World Europe column, editorial director Marcel Bruins argues that plant breeders' rights and patents protect different things, that the data do not show patents dominating European varieties, and that access tools matter most.
OpinionWhale language and a noisy ocean: science writer Asif's column
In Ajker Patrika, science speaker Asif writes that Project CETI's research finds grammar-like patterns in sperm whale codas, even as ship, sonar and blast noise make the ocean ever harsher for whales.
OpinionWhere will native fish go if their river refuges vanish? A case for Goshainer Doho
Writing in Prothom Alo, Dr Md Shariful Islam of the SAARC Agriculture Centre says protecting what is left of the Karatoya pool at Sherpur and restoring its river links must come first, with surveys before any fingerlings are released.
OpinionFarming spends on rescue, not prevention, argues Amy Hughes
In a Farmers Weekly column, EmpowerAg's Amy Hughes argues that the industry funds subsidies, crisis mental-health support and arbitration after damage is done, and invests far too little in the conversations and skills that would prevent it.
OpinionBritain now produces under half its own pork, warns NPA chair Jo Churchill
Six months into the job, National Pig Association chair Jo Churchill writes in Pig World that high costs, oversupply, disease and new pig-trading rules are pushing farmers to consider quitting, and that Britain should produce more of its own pork.
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Southern Africa's poultry needs a 'missing middle', argues Sacau chief Ishmael Sunga
In a column for Food for Mzansi, Sacau chief executive Ishmael Sunga argues that youth- and women-led poultry businesses need blended finance, shared infrastructure and offtake contracts to grow from survival farming into medium-scale enterprises.
OpinionOpinion: Budget 2027 must give Irish farming fundamental support, Halleron argues
In a signed Agriland column, Richard Halleron argues that with record tax revenues and Ireland holding the EU presidency, Budget 2027 and the CAP talks are the moment to back production agriculture.
OpinionBangladesh's food culture is changing; is quality keeping up? A chef's column
In a column for Samakal, chef Zahed Ahmed argues that processed food is not the problem; the trouble starts when profit from cheaper ingredients matters more than quality and safety.
OpinionAfrica cannot halve food loss without first counting it, AGRA writers argue
Four writers in an AGRA commentary say sub-Saharan Africa loses about 23% of its food between harvest and market, that the 2035 target to halve losses has no baseline, and that storage technology spreads only when markets make it pay.
OpinionBangladesh grows five times more grain, and wastes and goes hungry too: a column
In a Daily Star column, Umme Salma writes that about 34 percent of the food Bangladesh produces is lost or wasted, while 66 percent of people cannot afford a healthy diet.
IslamHajj for dual citizens: the Bangladesh quota is lawful, passport games are not
UK barrister Nazir Ahmed writes that British-Bangladeshi dual citizens may perform Hajj on Bangladesh's quota, but switching passports on the way home without telling the authorities is legally and morally risky.
OpinionUnauthorised uploads have cut Islamic book sales by 80-90 percent, a scholar argues
Writing in Our Islam, senior scholar and author Maulana Muhammad Hemayet Uddin says uploading books without the publisher's permission breaks copyright law and is impermissible in Islamic jurisprudence, and calls for legal action.