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Winter Vegetables Grown on Fallow Land at Madarganj Upazila Parishad
Agriculture officer Md Shahadul Islam is winning praise for growing winter vegetables on once-overgrown fallow land at the Madarganj upazila parishad in Jamalpur.
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Farmer Abdur Rahman Profits from Red Amaranth
Feni farmer Md Abdur Rahman Bhuiyan says red amaranth grown on 180 decimals is paying off, with Tk 60,000 earned from a quarter of the crop.
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Cucumber Fields Hit by Viral Disease, Farmers at a Loss
Cucumber farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, are at a loss after a viral disease hit their fields and treatments recommended by the agriculture office failed.
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Gaibandha Women Turn to Floating Vegetable Farming
Marginal farmers, many of them women, in Saghata, Gaibandha, are growing vegetables without soil on floating beds in a waterlogged beel with help from a local NGO.
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Heavy Metals Found Not Just in Brinjal but in the Soil: Study
Researchers at Bangladesh Agricultural University studying heavy metals in brinjal found harmful lead, cadmium and nickel in the soil itself, meaning other crops may be affected too.
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Zahurul Succeeds Growing Tomatoes on Brinjal Plants
A farmer in Raninagar, Naogaon, has succeeded in growing summer tomatoes by grafting them onto thorny wild brinjal plants, selling them at Tk 110 a kg wholesale.
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'A Loss if the Harvest Is Big, a Loss if It Is Poor'
Sherpur has had a high yield of winter vegetables, but heavy supply means farmers are not getting the prices they expected, and retail prices are starting to fall.
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Four Hundred Farmers in One Union Become Self-Reliant Growing Vegetables
More than 400 farmers in Nijpat union of Jaintiapur, Sylhet, who once worked in stone quarries, have become self-reliant growing early vegetables.
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A Quiet Farming Revolution in Sweet Potatoes in Gaibandha
Farmers on the river chars of Gaibandha have taken up a high-value Japanese sweet potato variety, Koki-14-go, grown with a Japanese company's support for export.
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Crops of Nine Farmers Destroyed Overnight in Rajshahi's Bagha, Note Left Behind
Unknown people destroyed the crops of nine farmers in Bagha upazila of Rajshahi overnight and left handwritten notes in the fields.
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Okra Farmers in Ishwardi Happy with Double Prices
Farmers in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna are earning well from okra this year, with a good yield and prices almost double those of other years.
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Papaya Farming Changes the Fortunes of Gaibandha's Abdus Samad
A farmer in Palashbari upazila of Gaibandha has changed his fortunes by growing a high-yielding papaya on four bighas.
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Vegetables Flourish in the Yard of Guimara Police Station
The officer-in-charge of Guimara police station in Khagrachhari has turned fallow land in the station yard into a vegetable garden and is planting a fruit orchard.