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Bhola Farmers Grow Keen on Capsicum
Suitable soil and weather and profits well above costs have made farmers in Bhola keen on growing capsicum, a foreign vegetable.
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Narail Farmer Raj Kumar Pal Finds Success With Safe Vegetables
After years of hardship, Raj Kumar Pal of Narail Sadar has brought prosperity to his family by growing pesticide-free vegetables and selling them himself.
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Safe Vegetable Farming Changes Sunamganj Farmer Ashraful's Fortunes
Ashraful Islam of Jagannathpur in Sunamganj turned to pesticide-free vegetable farming after repeated flood losses and has become a model for his village.
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Vegetable Farming Brings Good Times for Brahmanbaria Farmer Mohiuddin
Starting with a Tk 30,000 loan in 2008, Mohiuddin Mia of Brahmanbaria now grows vegetables on 25 bighas and supplies markets across the district and beyond.
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Vegetables Turn Rangpur's Chakla Village Green
Farmers in Chakla village of Taraganj, Rangpur, have turned from loss-making rice and potato to year-round commercial vegetable growing, and many have prospered.
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Will the Beautiful Winter Visitor, the Glossy Ibis, Disappear?
The glossy ibis, a winter visitor to Bangladesh's wetlands, is declining because of indiscriminate hunting and the destruction of aquatic plants.
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Old Names Forgotten, Savar Villages Now Known as 'China Vegetable Village'
Villages in Savar's Tetuljhora union are now known only as the 'China vegetable village' after farmers switched to growing foreign vegetables.
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Floating Vegetable Farming Brings Prosperity
Floating vegetable beds on 150 hectares of water have given farmers of Satla beel in Barishal's Wazirpur a new income during the flooded months.
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Tangail Woman Farmer Changes Her Village with Poison-Free Crops
Rina Begum of Delduar in Tangail has changed her own fortunes and her village by growing poison-free crops and saving seeds.
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Climate Change: How Sylhet's Women Are Fighting Back with Vegetable Gardens
Home vegetable gardens may become a weapon against climate change, as people in Sylhet found when early rains destroyed their paddy.
VegetablesMunshiganj Farmers Turn to Bottle Gourd to Escape Potato Losses
Tired of losses on potatoes, farmers in Munshiganj have turned to bottle gourd grown on floating beds, spreading it to 200 hectares.
VegetablesBangladesh Falls Behind in the Vegetable Export Trade
Despite ranking third in vegetable production, Bangladesh still lags in exports, as quality and packaging problems keep it out of major UK wholesale markets.
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Razia Sultana's Exotic Vegetable Farm in Ashulia
In Ashulia, Savar, young housewife Razia Sultana has built an 18-bigha farm of foreign vegetables and adds new crops based on demand, cost and profit.