Student Tanvir Succeeds in Dragon Fruit Farming Alongside His Studies
A Jagannath University student has found success with a two-bigha dragon fruit orchard in Bhanga, Faridpur, inspiring educated young people in the area.
A Jagannath University student has found success with a two-bigha dragon fruit orchard in Bhanga, Faridpur, inspiring educated young people in the area.
After two years of research, the Rahmatpur Regional Agricultural Research Station has grown off-season BARI watermelons on floating beds over water hyacinth-covered ponds.
Late rain has let about 10,000 farmers in Chattogram's Mirsarai upazila get their transplanted aman into the fields, with the season's target almost met.
Farmers in Bhola have begun growing transplanted aman by the samalay (synchronised) method for the first time, and expect far lower costs and higher profits.
Beans are a popular, protein-rich vegetable in Bangladesh, and the best time to sow them is from the Bengali month of Asar to Bhadra.
Bottle gourd, rich in calcium and vitamin C, can be sown twice a year, and careful fertiliser, irrigation and weeding can bring 140-150 kg a decimal.
With the month of Bhadra and autumn under way and water all around, farmers can sow bottle gourd and beans on slightly higher ground.
A national technical committee has recommended that registered carbofuran pesticides, harmful to people and animals, be allowed for four more months.
Families in Nilphamari are meeting their nutrition needs and earning extra income from small government-backed family nutrition gardens.
Farmers in Sundarganj, Gaibandha, have started planting rice with transplanters, cutting the cost of planting a bigha from about Tk 2,000 to Tk 300 amid labour shortages.
Farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, led by Ujjal Majumder, are earning well from summer hybrid tomatoes at a time when tomato prices are high.
Mosharraf Hossain of Shibganj in Chapainawabganj turned to Saudi date palms after losing money on mangoes and now expects to sell Tk 15 lakh worth of dates this year.
Taro farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, expect to sell Tk 6.5 crore worth of taro this season, most of which has already gone to market.