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.
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Opinion
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.
Opinion
Development Journalism: What, Why and Which Way?
Shykh Seraj explains the roots of development journalism, its role in Bangladesh's agricultural progress, and what the next generation of journalists must do.
Opinion
Food Security Versus Hidden Hunger
On World Food Day, Shykh Seraj examines why hunger and malnutrition persist despite rising food supply, and where Bangladesh stands.
Opinion
Farewell to a Star
Shykh Seraj remembers PRAN founder Amjad Khan Chowdhury, who turned Bangladesh's farm produce into industrial goods and dreamed of self-sufficiency in milk.
Crops
Can Agriculture Recover From These Losses?
Shykh Seraj documents how months of hartals and blockades destroyed vegetables, flowers, milk and paddy prices, and threatened the Boro season.
Bangladesh
Thinking About Farming and Food Creates National Leaders
Ahead of Victory Day, Shykh Seraj argues that concern for farming and food has shaped great leaders, and that Bangladesh's farmers remain neglected.
Crops
Crop Insurance: Will It Remain a Golden Deer?
Shykh Seraj traces Bangladesh's stalled crop insurance history, welcomes a new weather index pilot and proposes insurance for high-value crops, poultry, fish and dairy.