Vegetables
How to Control Fruit Flies in Vegetables and Fruit
Fruit flies are highly damaging to gourd crops, and pheromone traps, sanitation, poison bait and careful spraying can bring them under control.
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Manikganj Farmers Busy Preparing Winter Vegetable Seedbeds
Farmers in Manikganj are busy raising winter vegetable seedlings, hoping early crops will fetch better prices.
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Black Queen Watermelon Brings Lakh-Taka Income in 70 Days
Young farmer Abu Bakkar Siddique of Chandipasha in Pakundia, Kishoreganj, has earned more than Tk 1 lakh in 70 days from off-season Black Queen watermelon on 40 decimals.
CropsFrom Two Cows to 22: A Jhalakathi Farmer Gets Over 100 Litres of Milk a Day
Md Rezaul Karim of Gabkhan Bazar in Jhalakathi Sadar started with two cows for his family's milk. By September 2025 his farm had 22 cattle, and 15 of the cows gave more than 100 litres a day.
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Badsha Succeeds Growing Sharifa Fruit in Ishwardi
National gold medal-winning farmer Shahjahan Ali Badsha has made a success of commercial sharifa farming on 33 bigha in Ishwardi, Pabna.
FruitsYoung Jhenaidah grower succeeds with Bhagwa pomegranates in Maheshpur
Abdullah, a 25-year-old Dawrah-e-Hadith student in Maheshpur, Jhenaidah, planted Indian Bhagwa pomegranates on one bigha in late 2022 instead of chasing a job; two years on every tree was bearing, and he said the fruit sold at 300 to 350 taka a kilogram.
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Rethinking Agricultural Reform in Bangladesh: What Needs to Be Done
Two experts set out an agricultural reform agenda built on less pesticide use, soil health, bio-pesticides, subsidy reform, digital tools such as the Khamari app and fair prices.
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Double Profit from Sugarcane in Shibpur Brings Smiles to Farmers
A black sugarcane variety from the Philippines is drawing farmers in Shibpur, Narsingdi, where growers say they have doubled their profits for several years.
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Protecting Nature Is the Biggest Challenge
Securing food, water, air and nature is the greatest challenge for a sustainable future, and it depends on enforcing existing laws and changing how we live.
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Agriculture Is Our Hope and Our Mainstay
An economist argues that agricultural growth cuts poverty in Bangladesh far more than non-farm growth, as small and marginal farmers drive the sector's transformation.
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Protecting Farmland Is the Challenge for Food Security
Bangladesh is losing farmland to industry, housing and roads, and a planned law, mini cold stores and fairer compensation aim to protect farmers and food security.
FruitsMirsarai grower harvests avocado from trees raised on Indonesian seedlings
A young farm entrepreneur in Mirsarai, Chattogram, said in September 2025 that ten avocado trees grown from Indonesian seedlings had given him more than 500 kg of fruit, which he was selling at Tk 800 a kg.
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Silver sticks of the golden fibre bring prosperity to households
Women in Ishwardi's Muladuli union strip jute fibre in return for the jute sticks, which they sell or keep as fuel for the year.