Crops
A Burst of Green in Shishir's City Life
Shamim Hossain Shishir's garden brings the green of his Naogaon childhood to busy Mohakhali, with medicinal plants, flowers, vegetables, birds and cats.
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Vegetables
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Rustam Ali Dreams Big With Ginger Grown in Sacks
Young entrepreneur Rustam Ali of Joypurhat has grown ginger in 1,000 sacks between his papaya trees and expects a profitable harvest.
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Aus Seed Rice Grown on 300 Acres of BADC Farm
BADC's seed potato farm in Domar, Nilphamari, has put 300 acres of once-fallow land under Aus rice and expects 400 tonnes of foundation seed.
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SAU to Give Free Seedlings to Flood-Hit Farmers
Teachers and students of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University have started raising rice seedlings and vegetable seed to hand out free to flood-affected farmers.
Vegetables
How to Cook Hilsa Do Peyaza
Hilsa season is here, and hilsa do peyaza offers a new taste of the familiar fish with just a few spices.
Crops
When Is the Right Time to Grow Chillies?
A guide to when and how to grow chillies, from choosing the land and sowing times to weeding, yield and storage.
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What Should Farmers Do After the Flood?
With the ongoing flood damaging crops across the country, this guide sets out what farmers should do once the water recedes.
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Continuous Rain Damages Aman and Vegetables in Mirsharai
Three days of heavy rain and hill runoff have damaged aman seedbeds and vegetables in Mirsharai, Chattogram, and left low-income workers without jobs.
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What to Grow in the Month of Bhadra
The Bengali month of Bhadra, from mid-August to mid-September, is the time to sow early rabi vegetables and plant fruit trees.
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Bagerhat Grows Tk 1,000 Crore Worth of Vegetables a Year
Vegetables grown on the dykes of shrimp ghers in Bagerhat's nine upazilas are worth about Tk 1,000 crore a year, according to the Department of Agricultural Extension.
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Early Aman Planting Hit by Drought
After rain in Asharh but none in mid-Srabon, aman farmers in Dinajpur face drought and are irrigating their fields to plant and save seedlings.
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Vegetables Rotting in the Fields, Farmers in Trouble
Buyers from other districts have stopped coming to Meherpur amid the student movement and curfew, leaving vegetables to rot in the fields and prices down by half.
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Grow These Three Salad Ingredients in the Rainy Season
Cucumber, radish and green chilli, the key salad ingredients in Bangladesh, can all be grown in the rainy season, when they give higher yields.