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Farmers Show More Interest in Paddy and Maize Than Vegetables
Government data show Bangladesh's vegetable area has shrunk this Rabi season as farmers, burned by low vegetable prices and worried about food shortages, switch to paddy and maize.
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Delwar Sold Tk 22 Lakh of Fruit in Two Years
Delwar Hossain, who turned to fruit farming in Mirzapur, Tangail, after his businesses failed, has sold Tk 22 lakh of fruit in two years and now has a good China orange harvest.
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Carrots Sell at Tk 40 a Kg in Ishwardi, but Farmers' Profits Are Thin
Farmers in Ishwardi have had a bumper early carrot crop, but higher seed and fertiliser costs and imported carrots mean they are making little profit.
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Jhalakathi Farmers Busy With Winter Vegetable Cultivation
Farmers in Jhalakathi, where women work the fields alongside men, are busy planting and tending winter vegetables grown commercially for markets in the district and beyond.
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Bumper Aman Crop Brings Smiles to Dakop Farmers
Aman planted late in Dakop, Khulna, because of a lack of rain has produced a bumper crop, and farmers are preparing to harvest within days.
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Kalojira Paddy Cultivation Declines in Mirsarai
Low yields have pushed farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, away from the aromatic Kalojira paddy towards high-yielding hybrid varieties.
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How Much Water Does It Take to Produce Rice?
A freelance journalist argues that the water, inputs and labour behind every kilo of paddy are reason enough to stop wasting rice.
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Sohan Succeeds with Integrated Farm, Earns Tk 15 Lakh a Year
Young Chuadanga entrepreneur Abdul Kader Sohan turned 2 bighas and Tk 50,000 into an integrated farm he says now makes Tk 13-15 lakh a year after costs.
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Farmer Abdur Rahman Profits from Red Amaranth
Feni farmer Md Abdur Rahman Bhuiyan says red amaranth grown on 180 decimals is paying off, with Tk 60,000 earned from a quarter of the crop.
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BRRI dhan87 Gives High Yields in a Short Time
Farmers in Bagatipara, Natore, have switched from Swarna to BRRI dhan87, a blast-resistant Aman variety that matures in 127 days and leaves time for mustard.
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Iqbal Becomes a Millionaire with a Nursery Started on Tk 7,000
Starting with Tk 7,000 on 9 decimals of land in 2001, Mirsarai's Iqbal Faruk has built a 2-acre nursery with capital of nearly Tk 1 crore.
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Cucumber Fields Hit by Viral Disease, Farmers at a Loss
Cucumber farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, are at a loss after a viral disease hit their fields and treatments recommended by the agriculture office failed.
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Gaibandha Women Turn to Floating Vegetable Farming
Marginal farmers, many of them women, in Saghata, Gaibandha, are growing vegetables without soil on floating beds in a waterlogged beel with help from a local NGO.