Crops
Over 700 Families in Sylhet Prosper From Naga Chilli Farming
Naga chilli, once a backyard crop, is now grown commercially in Sylhet's Jaintiapur, where some 700 families have profited, though farmers say they get little official support.
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Vegetables
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Sharsha's Shafiqul Succeeds With Pesticide-Free Bottle Gourd
A farmer in Sharsha, Jashore, has done well growing hybrid bottle gourds without pesticides, and his success is drawing other farmers to the crop.
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500kg of Bangladesh's Rupban Beans Head to Italy
Rupban beans from Sitakunda in Chattogram are going to Italy for the first time, with an exporter buying 500 kg from a local farmer.
Vegetables
A Striking Rooftop Garden Grown in Discarded Tyres
Shekhar Mondal's rooftop garden in Dhaka's Kalabagan, planted in discarded tyres instead of pots, meets 80 per cent of his family's nutritional needs.
Vegetables
Grow a Winter Vegetable Garden on Your Rooftop
A rooftop garden of winter vegetables can supply fresh, safe food, add income and help counter global warming, and large tubs make it safe for the roof.
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Nilphamari Farmers Take to Intercropping in Banana Fields
Banana growers across Nilphamari's six upazilas are raising potatoes, vegetables and pulses between their banana plants to earn more from the same land.
Vegetables
Make Rolls with Winter Vegetables
With winter vegetables plentiful in the market, here is a quick recipe for vegetable rolls to serve with tea on a winter evening.
Vegetables
Mirsarai Bean Farmers Count the Days to a Good Harvest
Bean growers in Mirsarai, known as the vegetable basket of north Chattogram, are waiting on a good harvest from about 650 hectares, though fog is shedding flowers.
Crops
Cauliflower or Cabbage: Which Should You Eat for More Nutrition?
An Indian nutritionist weighs the nutritional value of cauliflower and cabbage and advises eating both, but not more than a cup a day.
Vegetables
Beef Prices Edge Down Slightly
After staying high for a long time, beef prices in Dhaka have eased slightly to Tk 720-750 a kg from Tk 800.
Crops
Vegetable Farming and Goat and Sheep Rearing Turn Fortunes Around
With free goats, sheep and winter vegetable seeds from the non-profit Friendship, 120 families in Joykha village of Mongla are overcoming poverty.
Crops
Sharsha Farmer Ataur Profits From Early Beans
A farmer in Sharsha, Jashore, is making good money from an early summer crop of IPSA-1 hybrid beans.
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Mirsarai Farmers Profit From Early Cucumbers
Farmers in Mirsarai are earning good prices from early cucumbers, and the area under the crop is growing each year.