Okra blossom in Sirajganj, dew on a creeper in Rangamati, a farmer taking his cattle to plough in Rangpur and Malabar spinach for sale in Cumilla: Bangladesh's fields and roads on 17 October through Prothom Alo's photographers.
HealthOn World Mental Health Day the DPJ Foundation's Kate Miles said drought, wildfires and bluetongue have piled pressure on farmers and asked them to take stock and seek support before winter.
GalleryFrom the photographs Prothom Alo's photographers took across the country on 10 October, a few moments from the fields, rivers and villages.
FruitsRustam Ali, 95, has planted 350 local Shahi papaya trees on about one and a half acres of leased land at Amtali-Nimtali in Barguna Sadar and sells the fruit himself.
Farmers in the fields despite the heat, seed potatoes out of cold storage for early planting, kingfishers and cormorants on the hunt: Bangladesh on 29 September in 19 photographs.
The Bangladesh Krishak Samity rallied and marched in Gaibandha town demanding secure fertiliser supplies, lower prices, an end to harassment of farmers and a rollback of the fuel price rise.
A decision to sell fertiliser through registered ward-level retailers has not reached the field in Kurigram, where crowds at single dealer points have led to road blockades and attacks on agriculture officials.
More than fifty farmers and residents of Dakshin Kuttapara in Brahmanbaria's Sarail upazila rallied on Monday for an underpass on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway before its four-lane widening is finished, saying they cross the busy road daily with ploughs, tractors, cattle and harvested crops.
Government-appointed fertiliser dealers will get a commission of Tk 3 a kg on all fertilisers, up from Tk 2, from next July, while the price farmers pay stays unchanged.
Two farmers in Kumarkhali, Kushtia, grew poison-free bitter gourd under Good Agricultural Practices, but with no separate market they get the same low price as ordinary produce.
The government rate for a 50kg sack of TSP is Tk1,350, but dealers in this Tangail upazila are quoting Tk1,800, farmers say.
At least 15 farmer protests in a month, 204 mobile courts and 1,700 sacks recovered: why fertiliser in store is not reaching the field.
While farmers protest, loot depots and pay above the official price for fertiliser, the agriculture ministry insists supplies are ample through the coming Boro season.
