Farmers in water-scarce Dewas, Madhya Pradesh, have dug an estimated 30,000 to 35,000 ponds since 2006, gaining second crops, fish and income, but small farmers struggle to spare the land and groundwater use remains high.
FisheriesDaily hilsa arrivals at Barishal's Port Road landing rose from 75 to 160 maunds in a week and prices fell by Tk 14,000 to Tk 30,000 a maund; fishers and traders want the 8-29 October ban pushed back by at least 10 days.
LivestockThe livestock office in Bagatipara, Natore, has six people in post against 11 sanctioned positions and two of them are on deputation, hampering vaccination, courtyard meetings and home visits.
OpinionSeriti Institute's farm programme lead says the hub near Durban trained 697 people and 171 farmers, but its real test is what farmers, cooperatives and markets can keep going once the partners leave.
Communication specialist and columnist Shahana Huda Ranjana writes in Bangla Tribune that gaslighting, breaking someone's confidence in order to control them, runs through marriages, families and workplaces, and sets out how to recognise it and escape it.
HealthBangladesh now has more than 16.6 million people over 60; on the International Day of Older Persons, physician Shamima Sharmin says a regular routine, protein-rich food, family time and a slip-free home keep them well alongside their medicines.
IslamThe detailed rules of prayer, fasting, zakat and Hajj come from the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace be upon him), not the Quran's text alone, and the context of many verses needs the Hadith too.
American Vanguard's AMVAC is acquiring the US registrations and trademarks for Caparol, Evik, Prime+ and Agri-Flex, which it expects to add more than $7 million in annual net sales.
A Department of Fertilisers official says the bill could exceed ₹3 lakh crore this fiscal year against ₹1.71 lakh crore budgeted if supply disruptions tied to the West Asia crisis continue.
Market ManagementCote d'Ivoire set its 2026/27 main-crop price at 1,200 CFA francs a kilo, about $2.07 and 57% below last season, while Ghana set about $3.65 a kilo.
LivestockUnder the PPR eradication and foot-and-mouth disease control project, goats and sheep aged 3 to 12 months are being vaccinated free in the five unions and municipality of Naldanga, Natore.
At the South African Future of Food Conference, lenders and funders said capital exists for farmers but unmanaged risk, missing collateral and business readiness keep it from reaching them.
The Council's negotiating position on the Omnibus X package allows unlimited approval only for low-risk substances and sets 15 years for first approvals and 25 for renewals, ahead of talks with Parliament.
AgrotechNorth Dakota State University engineers built a robot whose three independently controlled sweeps follow the ground by RTK-GPS and force sensors, cutting soil disturbance by 48.7% in field trials.
From 2 October Maharashtra begins issuing Women Farmers Certificates that recognise women in farming as farmers without land titles; Soumya Swaminathan says joint land titles must follow.
EnvironmentMonths of rain have overflowed the beels of Abhaynagar, Manirampur and Keshabpur in Jessore and low parts of Dumuria and Phultala in Khulna; a campaign committee wants tidal river management started before Maghi Purnima and the Amdanga canal dug.
OrganicSaju Mondol of Rajarhat, Kurigram, has made vermicompost with red worms for four years for his own fields; he expects about 12 maunds this year and wants training and support to sell it.
The Kushakhali union health and family welfare centre in Chandraganj, Lakshmipur, has been effectively closed for about a decade and its building is cracking; the family planning office says a medical officer has now been posted and a new three-storey building will follow.
CropsA sudden upstream surge on 10-13 September flooded eight chars of Bilmaria union in Lalpur, Natore, hitting 1,300 farmers; as the water recedes, the agriculture office has sent its damage estimate to the government.
HealthSevere periodontitis raises the risk of coronary heart disease by 25 per cent and more than doubles stroke risk in large studies; dentist Syed Atiqur Rahman advises brushing twice a day and a gum check twice a year.
