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Strawberries Grown for His Daughter Bring In Tk 18 Lakh
A network engineer in Meherpur's Mujibnagar upazila started growing strawberries for his daughter and has become a successful farmer, selling over Tk 18 lakh worth.
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CropsReturned migrant Abul Kashem makes a living from mushroom farming in Mirsharai
Abul Kashem, known as the first mushroom farmer of Mirsharai in Chattogram, started with Tk 10,000 in 2022; by March 2025 his farm was producing 5 to 7 kg of mushrooms a day.
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What Lychee Farmers Should Do
A stage-by-stage guide to protecting lychee trees from mites, insects and disease, with irrigation, fertiliser and harvest advice for a profitable crop.
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Educated Youth in Hossainpur Succeeds in Farming
A madrasa-educated young man in Kishoreganj's Hossainpur has found success growing cucumber on fallow land next to his home, helped by good market prices this season.
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Fish Farming Can Bring All-Round Development
Dr Forkan Ali describes how the Mymensingh Aquaculture Extension Project, begun in 1990, used demonstration ponds, loans, training and later NGO partnerships to spread improved fish farming.
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Flower and Fruit Drop in Trees: Causes and Remedies
Excessive flower and fruit drop cuts yields, but it can be reduced by managing water, nutrients, pests and pollination, and by avoiding sprays while trees are pollinating.
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Hopes of Profit Dashed, Strawberry Growers Struggle to Save Their Capital
Two young entrepreneurs who planted strawberries on a vast Teesta sandbar in Kurigram's Ulipur face heavy losses after seedlings of the wrong quality failed to deliver the yield they expected.
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A Story of Struggle Mixed with the Smell of Dried Fish
At Nazirartek near Cox's Bazar, the country's largest dried-fish village, thousands of fishing families work from dawn to turn the sea's catch into shutki, with daily trade worth crores of taka.
CropsWhy crops need micronutrients: what zinc, boron and iron do, and signs of shortage
Eight of the 17 elements plants need are micronutrients, required in tiny amounts, yet a shortage of any one of them limits growth and yield. FAO counts zinc and boron deficiencies as the most important worldwide.
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Jasim Uddin Smiles with His Sunflowers
A farmer in Chandpur's Matlab Uttar hopes for a bumper sunflower crop in his third season, while visitors come from far away to see and photograph the blooms.
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Lychee Blossom Fills the Air in the Land of Lychees
Blossom has come to lychee trees across Dinajpur, and growers and agriculture officials expect a bumper harvest if the weather holds.
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What Must Be Done in Boro Production to Make Up for Aman Losses
With floods cutting the aman harvest, Bangladesh is counting on a boro crop of 2.26 crore tonnes, which will need a set of steps on seed, water, fertiliser, credit and procurement.
VegetablesKishoreganj haor farmers grow more sweet pumpkin but get Tk 6 to 10 a kg
Sweet pumpkin in Kishoreganj grew from 1,005 to 1,216 hectares in the 2024-25 season, but haor farmers said in early March 2025 that low yields and higher costs met field prices of Tk 6 to 10 a kg. Traders blamed heavy supply.