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What to Do First When a Pigeon Falls Ill
When a pigeon falls ill, keepers should give it saline and rice saline at once and make sure it keeps eating and does not become dehydrated.
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"BINA's Sunflower Varieties Will Revolutionise Oil Crops Once Released"
The Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture expects to release three advanced sunflower lines within three years, which scientists say could spread sunflower on fallow land.
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Green Chillies From Boror Char Head for the Middle East and Europe
Farmers at Boror Char in Mymensingh have formed three export teams as green chillies from the vegetable hub head for foreign markets.
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Lafa Brinjal on the Verge of Extinction as Farmers Turn to High-Yield Varieties
The famous round Lafa brinjal of Gafargaon in Mymensingh is disappearing as farmers switch to higher-yielding varieties.
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Year-Round Tomato Brings Ten Times the Profit in Mymensingh
A farmer back from Singapore is growing grafted, year-round BARI Hybrid Tomato-8 at Borer Char, Mymensingh, and says it earns eight to ten times more than winter tomato.
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Back From Singapore, Kamrul Farms With Mulching for Lower Costs and Good Yields
After ten years in Singapore, Kamrul Hasan has brought plastic mulching to Borer Char, Mymensingh, where it cuts weeding, fertiliser and irrigation costs.
Livestock
Pigeons in Clay Pots Still a Livelihood in Nachole
In several villages of Nachole in Chapainawabganj, hobbyists still rear pigeons in clay pots hung from their eaves, and some now run their households on the sale of squabs.
LivestockGono Bishwabidyalay student earns Tk 20,000 a month from a quail farm in Shibpur
With his campus shut by the coronavirus pandemic, Md Sakikul Islam Nadim, a fourth-year veterinary student at Gono Bishwabidyalay, set up a quail farm at home in Shibpur, Narsingdi, in August 2020; in January 2021 he said it earned him about Tk 20,000 a month after costs.
Environment
They Have Been Making Nests for Birds for Six Years
A youth group from Baiguni village in Gaibandha's Gobindaganj has spent six years hanging clay-pot nests for native birds and doing social work.
Fruits
Woman Entrepreneur Rina Akter Succeeds With Malta Farming in Naogaon
Graduate Rina Akter, who could not find a job, has made a success of malta farming in the Barind area of Naogaon's Dhamoirhat.
VideoBabul's Remarkable Bottle Gourd Field in Bhaluka
Babul, an educated young man from a poor family in Bhaluka, Mymensingh, has set an example by growing bottle gourd on 30 bighas of hilly land.