Agribusiness
Biofertiliser Meets the Need for Urea
A microbial biofertiliser developed by BINA supplies the nitrogen that pulse and oilseed crops would otherwise get from urea.
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Agribusiness
Correct Use of Guti Urea: Part One
Deep-placed guti urea more than doubles urea efficiency and raises rice yields by 20-25 percent, and this first part explains how to apply it.
Agribusiness
Correct Use of Guti Urea: Final Part
The final part of our guide to guti urea covers randomly planted rice, other crops and how briquettes outperform prilled urea.
Agribusiness
If You Want to Raise Turmeric Production
Turmeric output could rise with BARI varieties, and a locally made polishing machine can replace slow hand-beating after harvest.
Flowers
Wildflowers Blooming in Neglect
A Noakhali university student photographs the neglected wildflowers that bloom by roadsides and in the woods.
Fruits
Dragon Fruit Changes a Farmer's Fortune
A Kaliganj farmer who wanted to do something different is selling dragon fruit at Tk 350-400 a kg and targets Tk 22 lakh in sales this year.
Crops
Floating Agriculture: A Promise of Many Possibilities
Floating beds made of water hyacinth let farmers in waterlogged districts grow vegetables, spices and Aman rice seedlings through the flood season.
Crops
Perching and Light Traps for Pest Control Spread in Sirajganj
Perching and light traps are becoming popular in Sirajganj and the Chalan Beel area, with about 56,890 hectares under perching and 425 light traps set up.
EnvironmentTemperature Above 20C Reported on Antarctica's Seymour Island
Brazilian scientists reported that the temperature on Seymour Island, off the Antarctic Peninsula, reached 20.75C on 9 February 2020. The World Meteorological Organization said the reading had to be verified before it could count as a record.
Fruits
100 Oranges for Tk 200
Moulvibazar's orange growers got a bigger crop this year but are losing fruit to insects and selling early at low prices.
Agribusiness
Date Palm Molasses Sells at Tk 90 a Kg
Molasses prices at Chuadanga's traditional Sarojganj market have risen to Tk 90 a kg as date palms are felled to fuel brick kilns.
Crops
Farmers Busy Planting IRRI-Boro Despite Cold and Fog
Farmers across Gaibandha's seven upazilas are planting IRRI-Boro rice in cold and fog, complaining of rising costs and poor paddy prices.
Fruits
Grapes Can Be Grown in Bangladesh
Trials at the Rural Development Academy in Bogura suggest grapes can be grown successfully in Bangladesh, contrary to popular belief.
Agribusiness
Crocodile Farming Earns Tk 15 Crore a Year
Bangladesh's first commercial crocodile farm, in Bhaluka, has grown from 74 adults to about 3,500 crocodiles and earns around Tk 15 crore a year from exports.
Agribusiness
A Guide to Carp Fingerlings
Black, biket and mirror carp are easy to farm, fast-growing and profitable; here is what farmers need to know about their fingerlings.
Agribusiness
Busy Date Palm Molasses Market, Tk 70 a Kg
The twice-weekly date palm molasses market beside Jayrampur railway station in Chuadanga is in full swing, with wholesale molasses at Tk 60-70 a kg.
Fruits
Guti Mango Changes Farmers' Fortunes
Guti mangoes that Natore farmers once threw away now earn them crores of taka through sales to Pran's processing factory.
Vegetables
Growing Potatoes Without Tillage
Growing potatoes without tillage under a water hyacinth mulch cuts costs, brings fallow land into use and can yield 25-30 tonnes a hectare.
Flowers
Dutch Tulips Bloom in Gazipur as Delwar Pulls Off a Surprise
Flower farmer Delwar Hossain has made tulips bloom in his Sreepur garden from bulbs brought from the Netherlands.
Environment
Migratory Birds Fill Karatoya River With Life
Flocks of migratory birds have arrived on the Karatoya river in Tarash upazila, and locals say they are guarding them from hunters.