VegetablesIn January 2026 a campaign by a Berlin newspaper and the search engine Ecosia gave away surplus potatoes from a farm near Leipzig at points across Berlin, after Germany's biggest potato harvest in 25 years.
Satkhira's coastal farmers are sowing boro early and using salt-tolerant varieties to beat rising salinity, but higher input costs have them worried.
With pesticides, wetland traps and habitat loss pushing birds into crisis, farmers can help through organic farming, pest management and protecting wetlands and trees.
CropsFarmers in Araihazar and Rupganj upazilas of Narayanganj went back to sugarcane and field-made jaggery, and the district's agriculture office put the 2025-26 crop at 136 hectares, up on the year before, Jagonews24 reported on 30 January 2026.
CropsIn January 2026 residents of Gobindaganj, Gaibandha, were growing beans, gourds, brinjal, red amaranth and other winter vegetables on about 4 km of the Dhaka-Rangpur highway divider, with advice from the upazila agriculture office.
Farmers in Narayanganj hope for a bumper mustard harvest this season as fields bloom across Araihazar, Bandar and Sonargaon.
CropsIn late January 2026, farmers in Magura Sadar upazila said interest in Balsundari, Apple and Kashmiri jujube varieties was rising, and that favourable weather, suitable soil and strong demand had left them hopeful of profit this winter.
AgribusinessBanks disbursed Tk 21,000 crore in farm loans in the first six months of the 2025-26 fiscal year, Tk 4,749 crore or 29 percent more than a year earlier, according to Bangladesh Bank data reported on 27 January 2026.
Good yields and prices are drawing farmers in Bhairab, Kishoreganj, to grow colour cauliflower and broccoli.
CropsBeekeepers from the Bardi area of Narayanganj who set up 110 bee boxes beside a mustard field in Goalanda, Rajbari, said in January 2026 that they earn about Tk 3 lakh to Tk 3.5 lakh a month from honey, Jagonews24 reported.
The buffalo, long a symbol of wealth and power on Bangladesh's southern coast, is disappearing as grazing land and farmers' interest decline.
CropsA Netrokona man who lost his job in Narayanganj in 2020 trained with BSCIC, started with 25 bee boxes on a Tk 1 lakh loan and by January 2026 was collecting mustard honey from 150 boxes in Islampur, Jamalpur, Jagonews24 reported.
Tappers brought from Rajshahi are making date palm molasses in Magura, where young entrepreneurs expect a profit of Tk 4-5 lakh this season.
