AgrotechTractors, combine harvesters, rice transplanters, drip lines and drones are raising yields and cutting costs on Bangladesh's farms, from land preparation to harvest. What is in use, where the country stands, and what still holds it back.
Meeting Ministry of Agriculture officials at the Secretariat, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman ordered effective steps to grow at home what Bangladesh can grow; the ministry reported mustard output up from 824,000 to 1.541 million tonnes in three years, 1,090 crop varieties, 2,617 solar irrigation syst
A seeder that places rice seed 1-2 mm deep and fertiliser 3-4 cm below it has been certified as a national technical advance in Vietnam after pilots in eight Mekong Delta provinces cut seed rates by up to 65 per cent.
Schools in Karongi, Rusizi and Nyamasheke districts have received 90 seed planters and 45 multi-crop threshers under the 3SFI project to cut the labour of school gardens and raise production of iron-rich beans for school feeding.
CropsOn 18 April 2026 the government raised diesel from Tk 100 to Tk 115 a litre. Jagonews24 calculated that farmers' annual diesel bill would rise by about Tk 1,566 crore, just as Boro paddy was being harvested.
AgrotechBangladesh's agriculture secretary told a conference in Dhaka on 27 November 2025 that a 25-year master plan to modernise farming was in its final stage, with a final draft due in December.
CropsFarmers in Magura were busy cutting and threshing a bumper aman paddy crop in early November 2025, crediting the season's heavy rain, though rain and wind had flattened paddy in some fields.
AgrotechIn a September 2025 analysis for Jagonews24, agriculture and environment specialist Samiran Biswas argued that mechanisation, smart farming, research, digital markets, organic farming, farmer insurance and training on the model of developed countries could make Bangladesh's farming more modern and profitable.
