Faridpur farmer Sahida Begum, a former housewife, grows onion seed on up to 100 acres, sold at least Tk 4 crore worth this year and pioneered hand pollination of onion seed.
A practical guide to sweet potato farming, from choosing high-yielding varieties to planting cuttings, fertilising and harvesting.
Vegetable prices in Barishal have risen by Tk 5 to Tk 10 in a week, while fish and meat prices have been stable for two weeks.
Potato farmers in Cumilla's Burichang are storing their bumper crop under tarpaulins in the open, with cold stores full and prices below production cost.
Market, hospital and shop waste dumped under a bridge at Allahr Darga bazar in Daulatpur, Kushtia, is polluting the Hisna river and driving people away.
Around 30 bottle gourds have grown from one stalk on a vine at the home of a mosque muezzin in Jatrapur village, Chaugachha, Jashore.
Low prices and scarce cold-storage space have Joypurhat farmers feeding potatoes to their cattle, but livestock officials warn this can make the animals ill.
An air flow machine made in Faridpur, known to farmers as the 'onion AC', is spreading across Bangladesh because it keeps stored onions sound for months at low cost.
Government land in Netrokona's haors, fallow for generations, has yielded a bumper sweet pumpkin crop and jobs for young people.
A farming couple in Mirsarai, Chattogram, have grown onions commercially for the first time and plan to expand.
The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics wants Tk 27.98 crore for a survey of the production cost of 10 crops, Tk 10.485 crore of it for travel.
A farmer in Gomastapur upazila of Chapainawabganj has grown purple leaf rice on 12 katha of land, drawing farmers and visitors to his field.
Without a cold store in Tungipara, Gopalganj, thousands of tonnes of tomatoes are rotting in the fields and farmers cannot cover their production costs.
