Agribusiness
When Will India Resume Onion Exports?
Bangladesh has renewed its request to India to lift the onion export ban, but Delhi remains undecided.
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Farmer
CropsKalna farm in West Bengal trials 21 rice varieties as alternatives to Lalswarna
In September 2019 the Kalna subdivision agriculture farm in Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, India, began trials of 21 rice varieties, looking for alternatives to the long-grown Lalswarna paddy, which officials linked to more pests, falling yields and a late rabi season.
Opinion
What Agriculture Needs in the Election Manifestos
Drawing on his Agriculture Budget, Farmers' Budget sessions, Shykh Seraj set out ten farm priorities he wanted in the 2018 election manifestos.
Environment
Farmer-Friendly Lightning Protection
With farmers making up most lightning deaths, a young engineer in Dhamrai has built a movable earthed lightning conductor for fields, and experts add safety rules.
Bangladesh
How the National Budget Came Into Farmers' Thinking
Shykh Seraj describes how the Agriculture Budget, Farmers' Budget programme brought farmers into pre-budget talks and what it has achieved.
Crops
Crop Insurance: Will It Remain a Golden Deer?
Shykh Seraj traces Bangladesh's stalled crop insurance history, welcomes a new weather index pilot and proposes insurance for high-value crops, poultry, fish and dairy.