Vegetables
How to Peel Ginger Without Wasting It
A few simple tricks, starting with an ordinary steel spoon, make peeling ginger easier and cut down on waste.
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Vegetables
Vegetables
Ever Tried a Spicy Shrimp Pickle? Here's the Recipe
A spicy shrimp pickle, made at home with a handful of ingredients, makes a different accompaniment to rice or khichuri.
Crops
Kamal Sheikh Succeeds With Super Hot Chilli on 10 Decimals of Land
A trial plot of super hot chilli on just 10 decimals of land in Kaliganj, Gazipur, has brought farmer Kamal Sheikh a good harvest and good market prices, and he plans to expand next season.
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Rotten Potatoes in Cold Storage Sacks Leave Farmers Facing Losses
Four months after farmers and traders stored hundreds of thousands of tonnes of potatoes in Bogura and Joypurhat hoping for better prices, demand is weak, prices are flat and the stored crop has begun to rot.
Vegetables
Flour, Oil and Sugar Prices Climb as Vegetables and Eggs Stay Expensive
Companies have cut the supply of bottled edible oil in Dhaka's markets while loose oil, sugar and flour prices climb and vegetables, fish, meat and eggs stay expensive.
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Mulching Cuts Costs and Raises Yields for Barishal's Vegetable Farmers
Mulching is spreading among vegetable farmers in low-lying, rain-prone Barishal because it saves water, weeding and labour and improves yields.
Vegetables
Bangladesh Aims to End Import Dependence for Onion, Green Chilli and Tomato
Agriculture Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid said higher output, storage and technology would end imports of onion, green chilli and tomato within at most four years.
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Farmers Have Families Too, They Must Survive: Agriculture Minister
Responding to high vegetable prices, Agriculture Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid said monsoon production costs are higher and farmers too have families to feed.
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Joypurhat Farmers and Traders Lose Up to Tk 300 a Sack on Stored Potatoes
Farmers and traders in Joypurhat who put potatoes into cold storage hoping for better prices are now losing Tk 200 to Tk 300 on every sack.
Vegetables
Import Duties on Green Chillies and Tomatoes to Be Cut
The cabinet has approved a temporary cut in duties on imported green chillies and tomatoes to keep prices stable and protect consumers.
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Early Bean Farming at Low Cost: One Farmer Hopes to Sell Tk 2 Lakh Worth
Farmers in Chandipasha Charpara village of Pakundia, Kishoreganj, are earning well from early-season beans grown on small plots at low cost, with one hoping to sell about Tk 2 lakh more.
Vegetables
White or Yellow: Which Potato Should You Use in Cooking?
High-starch white potatoes turn soft and fluffy and suit frying and mashing, while waxier yellow-fleshed potatoes keep their shape in curries, salads and biryani.
Vegetables
Eggs Tk 150 a Dozen, Vegetables Still Expensive in Dhaka
A dozen eggs now costs Tk 150 in Dhaka, up from Tk 130 to 140 two weeks ago, and most vegetables still sell above Tk 80 a kg.