CropsMaize covered 12,210 hectares in Kishoreganj in the 2024-25 season, above the 12,100-hectare target, as haor farmers chose a crop they could harvest before the monsoon floods.
CropsMd Hasib of Bandar upazila, Narayanganj, gave up driving to grow mushrooms in early 2020. In March 2025 he said the family-run farm in a rented house earned him about Tk 7-8 lakh a year.
CropsAbul 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.
VegetablesSweet 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.
VegetablesIn February 2025 young agri-entrepreneur Mohammad Mamun was harvesting a good broccoli crop from 50 decimals in Mirsarai, Chattogram, on a demonstration plot of the upazila agriculture office, one of 5 acres grown by 15 farmers under the SACP project that season.
VegetablesIn February 2025 a couple in Gaibandha Sadar were harvesting beetroot from 20 decimals, part of what the DAE called the district's first commercial crop. They told reporters about 1,000 kg stood in the field and they expected a profit of over a lakh taka.
FruitsWith blossom a month away, Chapainawabganj mango growers were weeding, watering, feeding and spraying their trees. Here is what they did and what the DAE advises for fertiliser, irrigation and pests.
Farmers in Meherpur Sadar accuse the upazila agriculture officer of siphoning off money allocated for their demonstration plots, handing over only a small share as inputs.
CropsIn early January 2025, cold and dense fog in Jashore's Sharsha and Benapole put boro seedbeds at risk of cold injury, and farmers bought polythene at high prices to cover them.
CropsIn December 2024 Jagonews24 reported that China, Darjeeling and mandarin oranges were spreading across 16 districts of northern Bangladesh, helped by the climate, the soil and support from the Department of Agricultural Extension.
FruitsWant a mango tree on your roof? This guide covers choosing a variety such as Amrapali, preparing a 20-inch drum, planting a grafted sapling, and DAE advice on feeding, watering, pests and diseases.
AgribusinessIn December 2024 two young men in Mymensingh's Ishwarganj and Bhaluka upazilas were selling heavy crops of China and Darjeeling oranges and, by their own account, expected sales worth several lakh taka; the district agriculture office counted 19 hectares of oranges that year.
VegetablesPui shak grows fast on a trellis and can be cut again and again. This guide, first published in December 2024, sets out the BARI varieties, the DAE's sowing season, seed rate, spacing, fertiliser and pest advice, and the yields growers can expect.
