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Winter Vegetables Turn Around Fortunes of Jajira Farmers
Good soil and favourable weather have made winter vegetable farming profitable in Jajira upazila of Shariatpur, with produce now sold in Dhaka and other districts.
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Vegetables
Vegetables
Eat Bean and Potato Niramish With Hot Rice
Hyacinth beans are plentiful in the markets, and a simple vegetarian curry with potato, brinjal and lentil dumplings makes a tasty dish with hot rice.
Vegetables
Permission Given to Import 19,400 Tonnes of Potatoes
With potato prices climbing in local markets, the government has allowed imports, approving 19,400 tonnes on the first day.
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Nilphamari Farmers Plant Early Potatoes Hoping to Double Their Profit
Farmers in Nilphamari are planting early potatoes on high land in the hope that new-season prices will double their profit.
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Winter Vegetables Grown on 1,800 Hectares in Mirsarai
Farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, have grown winter vegetables on 1,800 hectares this season, with most crops due at market in 15 days to a month.
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Farmer Sells Tk 8 Lakh of Beans, Hopes to Sell Tk 4 Lakh More
Hill farmer Mohi Uddin of Sitakunda sold Tk 2.96 lakh of Rupban beans in a single market and expects to sell Tk 4 lakh more over the next two months.
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A 'Rupban' Bean Revolution on the Hills
Farmers on the hills of Sitakunda, Chattogram, have turned Rupban beans into a thriving crop sold across the country.
Vegetables
Safe, Nutritious Food Through Good Agricultural Practices
Safe food cannot be guaranteed by processing alone, the writer argues, so Good Agricultural Practices must be followed at every stage of the food chain.
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Winter Vegetable Farming in Full Swing in Ishwardi
With autumn giving way to late autumn, farmers across Ishwardi in Pabna are busy planting winter vegetables, some of them early.
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Jhalakathi Farmers Busy With Winter Vegetables
Men and women farmers in Jhalakathi are busy planting and tending winter vegetables, grown commercially and sent to Dhaka and Barishal.
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Drizzle Rots Cauliflower and Cabbage in the Fields
Days of steady rain have brought fungal disease to cauliflower and cabbage in Birampur, Dinajpur, worrying farmers.
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1,886 Hectares of Paddy and Vegetable Land Under Water in Kishoreganj
Two days of continuous rain have flooded 1,886 hectares of paddy and vegetable land in Kishoreganj, including 1,620 hectares of transplanted Aman.
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Family Nutrition Gardens Yield Tk 2 Crore of Vegetables a Year
Homestead nutrition gardens set up by about 10,000 families in Thakurgaon with the agriculture department's help are producing vegetables worth crores of taka a year.