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Babor Ali Succeeds With Radish in Magura
Growing an improved radish variety on 2 bighas in Magura, farmer Babor Ali has already sold more than Tk 1 lakh worth and expects over Tk 2 lakh more.
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Vegetables
Vegetables
Manikganj Farmers Busy Planting Onions
Encouraged by last year's prices, Manikganj farmers are planting more onions this season, though doubled costs and a bigger crop have them worried about prices.
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Cauliflower Curd Rot: Causes and Remedies
Curd rot can destroy a cauliflower crop, and farmers are advised to act now with clean seed, seed treatment, crop rotation and timely fungicide sprays.
Vegetables
Which Superfoods Help Keep Diabetes Under Control?
A healthy diet is essential to controlling diabetes, and a handful of fibre-rich foods can help keep blood sugar in check.
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Mirsarai Farmers Profit From Early Khira Cucumber
Early khira cucumber growing is spreading across Mirsarai in Chattogram as farmers earn good prices from harvests that reach the market ahead of the season.
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Samespur's Vegetable Seedlings in Top Demand
Seedling growers in Samespur village of Burichang, Cumilla, famous for half a century, are racing to recover flood losses as demand for their plants stays high.
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Seed Potatoes Missing From Stores, Delivered for Up to Tk 1,000 Extra
Potato farmers in Joypurhat say traders have created an artificial shortage of seed potatoes and are selling them far above the fixed price.
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Farmers Can't Break Even While Middlemen Make Tk 20 a Kg
Vegetables rise by Tk 30–40 a kg between Tarakandi wholesale market and Kishoreganj town, leaving farmers short-changed while middlemen profit.
Vegetables
Beef, Potato and Masala for Tk 160, Hilsa Polao Combo for Tk 299
Superstore chain Daily Shopping is offering two low-cost combo packs, beef with potatoes and hilsa polao, at selected outlets on Friday, 15 November.
Vegetables
Anisur Succeeds in Raising Seedlings in a Polynet House in Pabna
Pabna farmer Anisur Rahman has succeeded in raising disease-free seedlings in a polynet house, and DAE says the method gives 20 percent higher yields with far fewer pest attacks.
Vegetables
Winter Vegetables Grown on 11,970 Hectares
Farmers in Jamalpur, hoping to recover losses from this year's rain and floods, have so far planted winter vegetables on 11,970 hectares.
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Rupban Beans Bring Sitakunda Farmers Extra Income
Summer Rupban beans grown on the hills of Sitakunda are earning farmers extra income, with the area under the crop rising to 30 hectares this year.
Vegetables
Lalmonirhat Farmers Happy With Good Prices for Early Cauliflower
A bumper crop of early cauliflower in flood-free Lalmonirhat is fetching farmers good prices and being sent to Dhaka and other districts.