Once ridiculed for turning to earthworm compost after a Dhaka University master's degree, Rajia Sultana Sumi now runs an organic fertiliser farm in Bogura that farmers visit every day.
Watermelon growers in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram have lost about Tk 1 crore to virus attacks, poor yields, falling prices and heavy rain.
Sudden rain has flooded paddy fields in Bagerhat's Kachua upazila just as harvesting began, while labourers cost the price of two maunds of paddy a day and are still hard to find.
VegetablesSweet pumpkin growers in Ghior, Manikganj, said in April 2026 that yields had fallen from 3-4 tonnes a bigha to 1-2 tonnes and fruit was rotting, so good prices could not cover their costs; the DAE said district output beat its target and farmers were profiting.
A bumper chilli crop along the Bhogai and Chellakhali rivers in Sherpur's Nalitabari upazila, together with good prices, has left farmers smiling.
Two farmers in Satkhira's Shyamnagar upazila have grown maize and salt-tolerant rice on long-fallow saline land in a trial, opening new possibilities for the coast.
In mid-Baishakh, blood-red krishnachura and jarul flowers have brightened Moulvibazar's towns, villages and haor areas.
CropsA Jagonews24 report of 25 April 2026 said SAU Perilla-1, the first perilla variety registered in Bangladesh, could help meet edible oil demand, of which home-grown oilseeds supplied only about a tenth, and might later be exported.
A young entrepreneur in Sreepur, Gazipur, has earned about Tk 1 lakh this year from sweet grapes, turning a childhood dream into a business.
A student writer argues that the farmer card could change farmers' futures, but only with proper implementation, training and a firm hand against corruption.
Local farmers in Jhalakathi are profiting more from raising deshi cattle, with more animals ready for Eid-ul-Adha than the district needs.
Low costs, few diseases and good weather gave char farmers in Sherpur a bumper crop of hybrid Debgiri peas, and the DAE expects the area to grow.
Chapainawabganj, known for mangoes, has its first commercial dried pineapple production, made with temperature-controlled dryers by entrepreneur Ismail Khan Shamim.
