CropsCoconut palms yield more when fed twice a year, at the start of the monsoon and of winter, in a ring trench away from the trunk; the amount should come from the upazila agriculture officer, ideally after a soil test.
Farmers in Bhola have turned to growing summer watermelon in the monsoon, using the sorjan method of raised beds and channels to protect the crop from heavy rain.
Rashida Begum of Madaripur has become self-reliant by producing environment-friendly vermicompost and selling both the fertiliser and the earthworms.
FruitsFarmers in Jhenaidah who planted avocado, longan and grapes as an experiment were moving towards commercial cultivation in July 2025 after good harvests. The DAE counted 2.25 hectares of grapes, 2 of avocado and 1 of rambutan in the district in 2024-25.
Farmers in Meherpur are replacing rice, wheat and other traditional crops with fruit orchards, drawn by good yields, suitable weather and higher profits.
A young orchard owner in Meherpur has harvested Japanese Miyazaki mangoes, and his success has drawn interest from other growers in the district.
Jute cultivation in Faridpur has exceeded its target, but farmers fear a lack of water for retting and low prices amid rising costs.
CropsOn floating beds of water hyacinth, known as baira, farmers in waterlogged areas can harvest vegetables two or three times in one monsoon; here is how to build one, with DAE and BRRI advice for saving aman rice, fish and livestock after a flood.
CropsIndonesia's embassy will give full support if Chapainawabganj growers want to send mangoes to Indonesia, and will also help with mango processing, the country's ambassador said on a visit to the district on 1 July 2025.
The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics says about 56 per cent of the country's farmland is still outside sustainable cultivation and more effort is needed to bring it in.
Shirina Khatun began with a pair of ducks bought with money from selling saved handfuls of rice, and ten years later earns about Tk 50,000 a year from ducks and eggs.
Foreign words dominate crop variety names for scientific, commercial and institutional reasons, which distances varieties from local farming culture, language and identity.
Commercial betel leaf farming in Cumilla has shrunk by 36 hectares in a year as growers count losses from pests, disease and rising costs with no government support.
