Crops
Root Technology Grows Ten Times More Vegetables on a Jashore Rooftop
Agriculturist Ibad Ali of Jashore has developed "root technology", which uses shallow beds matched to root needs to grow up to ten times more vegetables on a rooftop.
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Agriculture
Crops
Rezaul's Dairy Farm Biogas Runs His Household Cooking in Jhalakathi
A Jhalakathi dairy farmer with 22 cows has built a biogas plant on their dung that meets all of his family's cooking needs.
Crops
Dying Canal Threatens Communities and Boro Rice Farming in Barishal
The silted, encroached and polluted Torki-Basail canal in Barishal can no longer irrigate the boro rice grown on about 14,000 hectares, writes Syed Mazarul Islam Rubel.
Crops
Jhenaidah's Stalin Succeeds with Anarkali (Passion Fruit) Farming
A young farmer in Jhenaidah's Maheshpur has started commercial passion fruit farming on the plains and is expanding after strong sales.
Crops
Malta Farming Pays Off in Pabna, Earning Tk 15 Lakh a Year
A Pabna grower who lost heavily on guava and banana now earns at least Tk 15 lakh a year from malta on 18 bighas of Padma char land.
Agrotech
Bangladesh's Farm Machinery Market Reaches Tk 12,000 Crore and Keeps Growing
The farm machinery market has grown to about Tk 12,000 crore as labour shortages push mechanisation, but local firms supply less than a third and about 80 percent is imported.
Crops
What Farmers Can Do to Produce Safe Food
Safe food is a precondition for national development and can be ensured only through joint efforts of government, producers and consumers, the writers argue.
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When Livestock Anthrax Reaches Humans, What Should You Do?
Anthrax, a bacterial disease of livestock, is now infecting people in northern Bangladesh; here is how it spreads, its symptoms and how to prevent it.
Crops
Gach Alu Farming Changes Farmers' Lives in Pakundia
Gach alu, a potato that hangs from vines on trellises, has moved from trial plots to commercial farming in Kishoreganj's Pakundia, where farmers report high returns on low costs.
Crops
Pesticides: The Challenge to Safe Food Production
In an opinion piece, Professor Noman Faruk and Samiran Biswas argue that uncontrolled pesticide use is harming health, soil and water in Bangladesh, and call for biopesticides, integrated pest management and farmer awareness.
Crops
Cultivation Grows in Bhola as Fallow Land Falls to Near Zero
Farming is expanding across Bhola's seven upazilas and no land was left fallow in the 2024-25 rabi season, with farmers crediting government seed, fertiliser and support.
Fruits
Quits Job for a Nursery, Earns Tk 12 Lakh in Six Months
Imdadul Haque left a well-paid restaurant job in Dhaka to set up a fruit-seedling nursery in his Sirajganj village, and has sold about Tk 12 lakh worth of seedlings in the past six months.
Crops
Guava Farming on Fallow Land Shows Great Promise in Feni
Guava grown commercially on fallow land in Feni now covers 180 hectares and is expected to produce at least 2,000 tonnes worth over Tk 8 crore this season.