Agribusiness
Khulna Crab Farmers in Trouble as Coronavirus Halts Exports
Thousands of crab farmers in coastal Khulna are in trouble as China's halt to crab imports over coronavirus has hit sales.
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Cultivation
Crops
Land ploughed with a horse in Sunamganj
With boro cultivation in full swing in the haors of Jagannathpur, Sunamganj, a farmer has caused a stir by ploughing his land with a horse.
Agrotech
Agricultural Scientists Bring Good News for Onion Growers
Scientists at the Jashore regional agricultural research centre will supply BARI-1 onion seed so farmers can sow seed directly instead of costly bulbs.
Environment
Farmland soil in Naogaon is going to brick kilns
Three-crop farmland in Raninagar, Naogaon, is being turned into ponds to supply soil to brick kilns, shrinking the upazila's farmland at an alarming rate.
Crops
Maize brings smiles to farmers in Kaliganj
Maize cultivation has grown in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenaidah after farmers were given incentives, with the area this year well above target.
Agribusiness
Mustard farming grows in Tangail but bee boxes decline
Mustard cultivation has risen in Tangail this year, but the number of bee boxes has fallen because honey farmers are not getting a fair price.
Agribusiness
Poppy Grown on Three Acres in Munshiganj
A mobile court seized poppy plants as evidence from about three acres of poppy fields at Charbanial in Munshiganj Sadar upazila.
Agribusiness
Great Potential in Betel Leaf Farming on Sandwip
Sandwip, once an exporter of betel leaf, now has to bring it in, as rising costs and lack of support push growers away from a crop officials say has great potential.
Vegetables
Joypurhat Potatoes Go Abroad
After a bumper harvest, potatoes from Joypurhat's Kalai upazila are being exported to Malaysia, Singapore, Japan and other countries.
Agribusiness
A cashew nut success story
After early export failures, entrepreneur Shakil Ahmed built what the report calls the country's first integrated cashew processing factory in Patenga, Chattogram.
Vegetables
Abdul Rashid Becomes a Crorepati Growing Sweet Pumpkin
A former day labourer in Netrokona's Durgapur upazila has become a crorepati by growing hybrid sweet pumpkin, onion and garlic on the Someshwari river char.
AgribusinessJhenaidah Farmer Grows Bay Leaf Commercially on Four Bighas in Kaliganj
Jaynuddin Khan of Kadirkol village in Kaliganj, Jhenaidah, began growing bay leaf with 100 saplings in 2008 and had 400 trees by March 2020. He says he spends about Tk 40,000 a year and sells about Tk 5 lakh of leaves.
Fruits
Kul Sells at Tk 80 a Kg, Porsha Growers Profit
Kashmiri and Ball Sundari kul, grown commercially for the first time in Naogaon, are bringing Porsha growers good yields and wholesale prices of Tk 80 a kg and up.