Sharsha Farmer Ataur Profits From Bean Farming
Farmer Ataur Rahman of Sharsha in Jashore has profited from growing an early summer IPSA-1 hybrid bean variety, one of 45 hectares of early beans in the upazila this year.
Farmer Ataur Rahman of Sharsha in Jashore has profited from growing an early summer IPSA-1 hybrid bean variety, one of 45 hectares of early beans in the upazila this year.
Coloured cauliflowers have been grown in Sitakunda, Chattogram, for the second year, with the number rising from 1,200 to 12,000.
Brinjal farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, are earning well, many of them from the high-yielding tal begun variety.
Farmer Abul Hasim in Pakundia, Kishoreganj, has earned a lakh taka from coloured cauliflower grown with organic fertiliser only.
Two farmers in Sitakunda, Chattogram, have had a good yield from beetroot in their first attempt at the crop.
Young Jhalakathi farmer Abdur Rahim Sikder has found success growing jujube with his father on 300 decimals of land.
Farmer Muslim Uddin has succeeded in growing squash on a trial plot of 10 decimals in Katachhara union, Mirsarai.
Young farmer Md Rezaul of Dapdapia in Nalchhity, Jhalakathi, has become self-reliant by producing vermicompost.
Farmer Nur Alam has succeeded at his first attempt at growing carrots in Mirsarai, Chattogram.
Aman paddy production in Mirsarai, Chattogram, has beaten its target, with fine paddy selling at Tk 1,400 a maund.
Farmers across Feni are turning to the high-yielding Udayan Plus tomato, drawn by good prices and relatively low labour and costs.
Md Muslim Uddin of Mirsarai in Chattogram has succeeded with jujube farming in his very first year, selling chemical-free Ball Sundari fruit daily from his orchard.
Beekeepers from various districts are collecting honey from bee boxes set beside mustard fields across Ishwardi, which also boosts mustard yields.