A Barind Multipurpose Development Authority canal project has ended waterlogging on more than 16,000 hectares in Naogaon, benefiting more than 1.5 lakh farmers in six upazilas.
The cabinet has approved the draft National Agricultural Extension Policy 2020, aimed at climate-resilient, safe and profitable crop production.
BINA's grass pea variety Binakhesari-1, safe for human consumption, has given a bumper yield of 1,600 kg a hectare in Gopalganj.
Women working in agriculture must get state recognition as farmers, and every government programme to help farmers must include a quota for women.
At events across Bangladesh, speakers demanded state recognition for women farmers, who make up more than 10.5 million of the country's 25.6 million farm workers.
Thousands of crab farmers in coastal Khulna are in trouble as China's halt to crab imports over coronavirus has hit sales.
Mustard cultivation in Jashore has risen to 13,200 hectares this season, some 5,000 hectares more than last year, as farmers find it more profitable than rice.
Maize cultivation has grown in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenaidah after farmers were given incentives, with the area this year well above target.
Scientists at the Jashore regional agricultural research centre will supply BARI-1 onion seed so farmers can sow seed directly instead of costly bulbs.
Dab begun, a large aubergine named for its resemblance to a green coconut, yields 5-7 kg a plant and sells at Tk 40-50 a kg.
Three farmers in Delduar, Tangail, who inherited small plots, have bought more land, built homes and educated their children by selling hundreds of maunds of rice.
Farmers in Sharsha, Jashore, are switching from Swarna to BRRI dhan87, a fine-grained Aman variety that matures 15 days earlier and sells more easily.
Farmers in Naogaon are planting Iri-Boro paddy under the burden of past losses, even though paddy prices have risen in recent weeks.
