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Flower and Fruit Drop in Trees: Causes and Remedies
Excessive flower and fruit drop cuts yields, but it can be reduced by managing water, nutrients, pests and pollination, and by avoiding sprays while trees are pollinating.
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Hopes of Profit Dashed, Strawberry Growers Struggle to Save Their Capital
Two young entrepreneurs who planted strawberries on a vast Teesta sandbar in Kurigram's Ulipur face heavy losses after seedlings of the wrong quality failed to deliver the yield they expected.
CropsWhy crops need micronutrients: what zinc, boron and iron do, and signs of shortage
Eight of the 17 elements plants need are micronutrients, required in tiny amounts, yet a shortage of any one of them limits growth and yield. FAO counts zinc and boron deficiencies as the most important worldwide.
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Jasim Uddin Smiles with His Sunflowers
A farmer in Chandpur's Matlab Uttar hopes for a bumper sunflower crop in his third season, while visitors come from far away to see and photograph the blooms.
VegetablesKishoreganj haor farmers grow more sweet pumpkin but get Tk 6 to 10 a kg
Sweet pumpkin in Kishoreganj grew from 1,005 to 1,216 hectares in the 2024-25 season, but haor farmers said in early March 2025 that low yields and higher costs met field prices of Tk 6 to 10 a kg. Traders blamed heavy supply.
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Farmers of Teknaf's Chakma Village Becoming Self-Reliant
Chakma farmers in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, are growing mustard on hill land for the first time and harvesting honey from bee boxes set around the fields.
VegetablesBumper tomato crop in Tangail's Nagarpur, but low prices frustrate growers
Tomato growers on the char lands of Nagarpur in Tangail had a bumper crop in February 2025, but said prices had fallen from Tk 2,000-2,500 a maund at the start of the season to Tk 300-500. The upazila grew tomatoes on 152 hectares, up from 130 a year earlier.
LivestockPekin duck farming gains ground in Kurigram, with over 600 farmers
In February 2025 Kurigram's district livestock department said more than 600 of the farmers on the district's roughly 6,000 duck farms were raising fast-growing Pekin ducks, creating work for rural women and men.
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Bumper Khesari Yield Expected in Jhalakathi
Farmers in Jhalakathi expect a bumper crop of khesari, grown by relay cropping on 7,495 hectares of aman land at little cost.
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Shariatpur Farmers Sow Their Dreams in Coriander
Low costs and good prices are drawing more Shariatpur farmers to coriander, with this season's area of 6,280 hectares beating the target.
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Embankment Breach in Jashore Floods 1,200 Bighas of Boro Fields
A breach in the Bil Harina embankment in Monirampur, Jashore, has submerged about 1,200 bighas of boro paddy and flooded fish enclosures.
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Capsicum Brings New Hope to Joypurhat Farmers
A former footpath coconut seller has turned to commercial capsicum farming in Joypurhat's Khetlal, and neighbouring farmers now plan to follow him.
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Commercial Success Transforms Khalilpur's Economy
Tomato farming has transformed the economy of Khalilpur and nearby villages in Pabna's Sujanagar, earning it the name "tomato village".