Farmers' Market Now in Tikatuli, With Vegetables and Fruit From Savar
A weekly farmers' market where ten DAE-vetted farmers from Tetuljhora in Savar will sell vegetables and fruit directly to consumers opened in Tikatuli, Dhaka, on 7 October.
A weekly farmers' market where ten DAE-vetted farmers from Tetuljhora in Savar will sell vegetables and fruit directly to consumers opened in Tikatuli, Dhaka, on 7 October.
Farmers on the chars of Gaibandha grow plentiful crops but cannot sell them at fair prices because of poor transport and the lack of fixed markets.
Kishoreganj upazila in Nilphamari has set a target of 4,400 hectares of early potatoes as farmers chase high prices at the start of the season.
Early bean farmers in Naogaon are getting Tk 150-170 a kg wholesale and Tk 200 retail, but pests and rot are a worry.
Proper weeding, fertiliser top dressing and disease control can raise the yield of bean plants.
Farmers in Kurigram are turning to commercial cultivation of elephant foot yam, drawn by low costs and high profits.
Farmers in Khulna's Rupsa upazila are overcoming salinity to grow off-season coloured watermelons and vegetables on the dykes of their fish enclosures.
Carrots are a popular, vitamin-rich vegetable in high demand, and following the right cultivation method can make them profitable.
Vegetable farmers in Ishwardi, Pabna, have begun early winter crops under the weight of higher prices for seed, fertiliser, pesticide and labour.
A syndicate of transport contractors is accused of adulterating subsidised TSP fertiliser on its way from the TSP Complex in Chattogram to buffer godowns, with cases filed in Bogura and Jashore.
Agriculture secretary Md Sayedul Islam says farmers will get seed, fertiliser and all other support needed to expand summer tomato farming.
For a good radish yield, farmers should apply urea, TSP, MoP, gypsum and borax at the right doses and at the right time.
Growers of off-season "auto" beans in Ishwardi, Pabna, have begun picking, but severe drought has cut yields while prices stay high.