Livestock
Pirojpur's livestock offices run with 25 staff against 87 posts
The shortage across the district office and seven upazilas is hitting vaccination, free medical camps and courtyard meetings; farmers turn to private vets at extra cost.
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Pirojpur
Fruits
Hundreds of maunds of guava a day at Tk 700-800 on Pirojpur's floating market; district grows 7,692 tonnes on 716 hectares and trades Tk 18-20 crore a season
Growers paddle dinghies of fresh guava into the Atghar-Kuriana canal at Nesarabad for buyers from Dhaka, Chattogram and Khulna; the Padma Bridge has lifted demand and tourists follow; DAE deputy director Soumitra Sarker wants a mini cold store and UNO Amit Dutta is planning visitor facilities.
Agribusiness
Boithakata Floating Market, a Tradition of the South
In Nazirpur, Pirojpur, the Boithakata floating market on the Belua river is the main trading centre for thousands of river-bound farm families.
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.