Vegetables
Three Brothers Succeed With Bottle Gourd in Kaliganj
Three brothers in Kaliganj, Gazipur, have made a success of pesticide-free bottle gourd grown on trellises, and neighbouring farmers are now following them.
Categories
Organic
Crops
Vermicompost Changes the Fortune of Chuadanga's Asabul Haque
Asabul Haque of Chuadanga went from a tea stall to a vermicompost business with capital of over Tk 1 crore, but still lacks a licence to package his product.
Crops
Kishoreganj farmer earns a lakh taka from yellow cauliflower
Farmer Abul Hasim in Pakundia, Kishoreganj, has earned a lakh taka from coloured cauliflower grown with organic fertiliser only.
Crops
Vermicompost ends Rezaul's unemployment
Young farmer Md Rezaul of Dapdapia in Nalchhity, Jhalakathi, has become self-reliant by producing vermicompost.
Crops
What to Do in Vegetable Growing in the Month of Ashwin
The Bengali month of Ashwin is the time to prepare soil and seedbeds and sow winter vegetables, in fields and rooftop gardens alike.
Organic
Black Soldier Fly Could Transform Waste Management, SAU Seminar Hears
Rearing black soldier flies on urban organic waste could supply cheap protein for fish and poultry feed while easing waste management, speakers told a seminar at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University.
Fruits
Jahangir scores with pesticide-free mangoes
A 56-year-old in Pakundia, Kishoreganj, has had a strong first crop from an organic orchard of late mango varieties planted on unused land in front of his house.
Crops
Tk 60 Lakh Sought for Foreign Training in Hill Farming
A Tk 47.39 crore SRDI project to improve hill soil management has drawn questions over Tk 60 lakh for foreign training and Tk 90 lakh for a jeep.
Organic
Pet Dog Mauls Elderly Woman to Death in Lucknow
An elderly woman in Lucknow, India, died after being attacked by a pet dog she had cared for, with a post-mortem finding 12 deep wounds.
Organic
Vermicompost Growing Popular in Basail
Cheap, effective and eco-friendly, earthworm-made vermicompost is catching on among farmers in Basail upazila of Tangail.
Organic
Vermicompost Makes Patiya's Sohaf Uddin Self-Reliant
A 31-year-old from Patiya in Chattogram who left school after class eight now produces three tonnes of vermicompost a month and runs a seed and fertiliser shop.
Organic
Earthworms Changed His Fortune
A returnee from Singapore in Dohar, Dhaka, who lost his savings in business, rebuilt his life by producing earthworm compost for local farmers.
Organic
Organic Farming Is Changing the Farm Calculation in Bagha
A group of educated young entrepreneurs in Arani, Bagha, Rajshahi, is taking farm information and organic fertiliser to villagers' doors to restore soil health.