CropsAntor Gorapi, a college student in Naria, Shariatpur, turned one pair of Silkie chickens into a farm of at least 100 birds of eight foreign breeds that, in December 2024, earned him at least Tk 30,000 a month.
LivestockRezaul Islam Montu became self-reliant with a quail farm in Naliardangi village, Magura Sadar. His eggs went beyond local markets to Dhaka, and the two-and-a-half-acre farm gave work to 14 to 15 young men from the village.
A local farmer's hobby tea garden near the border in Matiranga upazila is opening new possibilities for tea production in Khagrachhari.
Pabna farmers growing the new summer onion variety BARI-5 expect 150 to 200 maunds a bigha at low cost, a crop that could ease the country's summer onion shortage.
CropsIn December 2024 Jagonews24 reported that China, Darjeeling and mandarin oranges were spreading across 16 districts of northern Bangladesh, helped by the climate, the soil and support from the Department of Agricultural Extension.
A list of 2024's trending superfoods, drawn from several studies and dietitian surveys, ranges from kimchi and kefir to papaya and green tea.
A Sonargaon farmer expects a profit of about Tk 50,000 from cauliflower and bottle gourd leaves grown on two and a half bigha.
Police in Lakshmipur have detained a Jubo League leader after a Tantidal leader who protested against a char road being ploughed up for crops was allegedly beaten.
Farmers whose incentive onion seed failed to germinate this season have been given replacement seed, some of it imported urgently from abroad.
With market prices above the government rate, farmers in Sirajganj are not selling paddy to government warehouses, leaving the procurement target in doubt.
Farmers in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram are profiting from winter bottle gourd, with prices higher than in other years.
A Gopalpur villager has started the first commercial production of vermicompost in Narail Sadar upazila, and local vegetable growers are using it instead of chemical fertiliser.
Police have arrested two men over the beating to death of a fishing cat in Kaliganj, Jhenaidah, whose body was then hung up and displayed.
Pabna farmers are replacing chemicals with organic fertiliser and trap-based pest control, cutting costs, and 53,040 farmers have been trained in the methods.
A rice found by a woman in a remote part of Bagerhat, now known locally as 'Fatema rice', is drawing wide interest for its huge panicles and high yield.
Removing the side shoots from cucumber plants and keeping only the main stem gives a bigger and more even harvest.
Betel leaf from Barayadhala in Sitakunda is famous across Bangladesh, though the number of growers is falling year by year.
A college student's rooftop mango garden in Rangunia is bearing ripe fruit out of season and inspiring young people in the area.
Compost made from farm waste is a valuable organic fertiliser, and several pit methods can turn crop residues and dung into usable manure within months.
City dwellers can grow a few mango trees on their rooftops, and the right dwarf varieties and soil preparation make all the difference.
