VegetablesTomato, aubergine, chilli, bottle gourd, water spinach, Malabar spinach, lettuce and broccoli can all be grown in pots on a city roof or balcony, given loose soil, drainage holes, steady watering and organic rather than banned chemical pest control.
Chillies grow easily in pots on rooftops and in home gardens, and with proper care one plant can give 50 to 80 chillies over two flushes.
Farmers in Joypurhat say they wait for days at cold-store gates and cannot get storage cards while traders' potatoes are loaded in at night, despite a government cap on rent.
A madrasa-educated young man in Kishoreganj's Hossainpur has found success growing cucumber on fallow land next to his home, helped by good market prices this season.
Kishoreganj farmers who expanded sweet pumpkin farming now sell at Tk 6-10 a kg, far below past years, amid lower yields and higher costs.
Potato farmers in Lalmonirhat blocked the Lalmonirhat-Rangpur highway with potatoes for two hours in protest at cold storage rent doubling to Tk 8 a kg.
Tomato growers in Tangail's Nagarpur had a bumper harvest but are frustrated as prices have fallen steeply since the start of the season.
Farmers in Jhalakathi expect a bumper crop of khesari, grown by relay cropping on 7,495 hectares of aman land at little cost.
With winter over and cauliflower leaving the market, here are nine Bengali cauliflower dishes to cook while the season lasts.
A former footpath coconut seller has turned to commercial capsicum farming in Joypurhat's Khetlal, and neighbouring farmers now plan to follow him.
Tomato farming has transformed the economy of Khalilpur and nearby villages in Pabna's Sujanagar, earning it the name "tomato village".
Three women in Kamalganj, Moulvibazar, have made a profit growing yellow cauliflower for the first time in their area, drawing interest from other farmers.
Sweet potatoes grown by contract farmers in Sherpur's char areas are now going to Japan, bringing them better prices than paddy.
