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Why Plant Leaves Turn Yellow, and What to Do
Leaves on pot and rooftop garden plants can turn yellow for many reasons, and knowing the cause makes it easy to take the right remedy.
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Nepal Wants to Use Bangladesh's Barind Irrigation Experience
Nepal's energy, water resources and irrigation minister asked Bangladesh to help it bring the Barind region's prepaid-meter and digital irrigation to Nepalese farming.
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Fish Diseases and Their Remedies: What Pond Farmers Should Know
The start of the fish-farming season is the time to watch fry and grown fish for disease and treat it at once, with set doses for each problem.
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Rice Production in Bangladesh Has Risen More Than Fourfold: Agriculture Minister
Bangladesh's agriculture minister told a World Water Forum session in Bali that the country's rice output has more than quadrupled in 50 years.
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Kaliganj's Sohan Succeeds With Year-Round Lemons
An electrician from Kaliganj in Gazipur who took lemon saplings instead of unpaid wages has built a profitable year-round lemon orchard that is inspiring young people nearby.
Agribusiness
Nahid Succeeds With Quail Farming in Patuakhali
A young man in Patuakhali who began keeping 16 quails as a hobby now runs a 3,200-bird commercial farm that is inspiring others to take up quail rearing.
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Fazle Rabbi Succeeds With Grape Farming in Faridpur
A young entrepreneur in Faridpur has harvested a strong first crop from an experimental grape garden and plans to farm commercially next year.
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Lychee Growers Downcast as Yields Collapse in Kishoreganj
A prolonged heatwave and hailstorms have slashed the lychee harvest in Mongolbaria, Kishoreganj's famous lychee village.
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Where and When to Grow Cashew Nuts
Cashew, a fast-growing and drought-tolerant tropical crop, can be grown anywhere in Bangladesh but finds its best land in the hill districts such as Bandarban.
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Selling Sunflower Oil Rather Than Seed Brings Bigger Profits
Farmers in Patuakhali who grow sunflower together and press their own oil are earning far more than in past years, with support from a local NGO.
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Farmers' Homes No Longer Have Paddy Granaries
A writer argues that the disappearance of the village paddy granary leaves farmers selling cheap, buying dear and exposed in any crisis.
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Why Grow Mushrooms?
Mushrooms can be grown easily in Bangladesh without farmland or expensive cooling equipment, and demand is growing in cities and markets.
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How to Store Rice Seed After the Harvest
Harvesting at the right time, removing off-type plants and drying seed below 12 per cent moisture are the keys to storing good rice seed.