AgrotechAt an Agriculture Information Service seminar in Rangamati, officials said artificial intelligence, drones, the Internet of Things and digital advisory services together could ease the limits of hill farming, and proposed one-stop farm services.
FlowersOctober and November are the best months to prune roses. A guide to light, water, feeding, pruning and pest and disease control, based on Bangladesh's Agriculture Information Service and university extension advice.
CropsKartik (17 October to 15 November) is when aman paddy is cut and the winter crops go in. Here is the government's Agricultural Information Service checklist for wheat, mustard, potato, sugarcane, pulses and vegetables, with its seed and fertiliser rates.
CropsA good banana harvest is set up at planting. Bangladesh's Agriculture Information Service advises 20 kg of cow dung, 400 g of TSP, 300 g of MoP and 650 g of urea per pit in stages, with irrigation every 15 to 20 days in the dry season.
FlowersGet more and bigger roses from pots or fields with the Agriculture Information Service's advice on soil, varieties, seedlings, feeding, pruning and pest and disease control.
LivestockGovernment guidance in Bangladesh says eight to ten quail fit in the space of one chicken; adults eat 20 to 25 grams of feed a day and start laying at six to seven weeks.
FlowersHow to grow chrysanthemums in Bangladesh, from cuttings and suckers to fertiliser, disbudding and the aphid and disease control that BARI and AIS recommend.
AgribusinessA month-by-month guide to what to sow, plant and harvest in Bangladesh's vegetable plots and orchards through the Kharif-1, Kharif-2 and Rabi seasons, from Baishakh to Chaitra, checked against the Agriculture Information Service.
