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How to Plant Chui Jhal
Chui jhal, a medicinal tropical vine that grows well across South Asia, is planted from stem cuttings against host trees such as mango and jackfruit.
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What to Do to Prevent Jackfruit Fruit Rot
Fruit rot, or fruitlet drop, often hits jackfruit production at an early stage, and a few steps can protect the crop.
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Fruitlets Drop in Severe Drought, Litchi Growers Worried
Intense drought and heat in Ishwardi, Pabna are making litchi fruitlets drop, and growers fear a crop failure after a record blossom.
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Commercial Sunflower Farming Grows in Mirsharai
Farmers in Mirsharai upazila of Chattogram expect a bumper sunflower harvest, and the agriculture office says low costs will draw more growers to the crop.
FruitsDinajpur litchi trees laden with blossom as growers hope to recover 2023 losses
In early April 2024 Dinajpur's litchi trees were covered in blossom. The DAE put the district's litchi area at 5,787 hectares with a 30,000-tonne target, and growers hoped to recover losses from the 2023 heat.
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Mulberry Fruit Becomes a Popular Snack in Dinajpur
Mulberry fruit, grown in Dinajpur for silkworm leaves and absent from the list of food crops, is selling for Tk 250-300 a kg as a popular snack.
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Maize Farming Keeps Rising in Thakurgaon
Thakurgaon has become the country's third-largest maize-producing district as farmers switch to the crop for low costs and better profits.
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Faridpur's Bangi Growers Face Losses
Growers of the Lalmi variety of bangi in Faridpur's Sadarpur face losses after cold weather delayed the crop past the start of Ramadan.
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Siddhirganj's Minjar Finds Self-Reliance in Bottle Gourd Farming
Surrounded by new buildings, Minjar Hossain keeps farming bottle gourd on a small plot in Siddhirganj and is enjoying his best harvest in years.
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Asif Makes a Mark with Rooftop Strawberry Farming
A first-year college student in Gaibandha has grown a rooftop strawberry garden from a single seedling and now advises others who want to try it.
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Maize Changes Farmers' Lives in Nilphamari
With lower costs and better prices than Boro rice, maize has spread across Nilphamari, and farmers are hoping for a bumper crop.
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Bhola Char Farmers Succeed With Trellis Vegetable Farming
Farmers on two isolated chars in Bhola have kept rain, tidal water and salinity off their vegetables this year by growing them on raised trellises.
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Tk 7,000 Invested, Tk 2 Lakh in Sales: Feni Farmer's Khira Success
A Sonagazi farmer who grew khira on one bigha of fallow land on a trial basis sold about Tk 2 lakh worth from an outlay of Tk 7,000.