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Falling Groundwater Hampers Crop Production in Barind Region
The drop in the groundwater table is hampering crop production and spoiling water quality in the Barind region, leaving farmers in difficulty.
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Flowers You Can Find Close at Hand
Flowers of many colours bloom from village yards to busy city roads, and many of them can be grown in a yard, open space or on a rooftop.
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How to Grow Cotton in Bangladesh
Cotton is one of Bangladesh's cash crops, and this guide sets out the soil, sowing time, seed rates and spacing needed to grow it.
CropsGaibandha char farmers grow vegetables and spices in sacks to beat floods
In October 2025 farmers and homemakers on the chars of Gaibandha were growing ginger, turmeric, gourds and aubergine in soil-filled sacks on raised platforms, a method promoted by the district DAE with SKS Foundation so that flood water cannot reach the crops.
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Have You Heard of This Tomato Disease? What to Do
Blossom end rot is a common problem for summer and early winter tomato growers, and fungicide sprays will not cure it.
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Root Technology Grows Ten Times More Vegetables on a Jashore Rooftop
Agriculturist Ibad Ali of Jashore has developed "root technology", which uses shallow beds matched to root needs to grow up to ten times more vegetables on a rooftop.
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Dying Canal Threatens Communities and Boro Rice Farming in Barishal
The silted, encroached and polluted Torki-Basail canal in Barishal can no longer irrigate the boro rice grown on about 14,000 hectares, writes Syed Mazarul Islam Rubel.
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Malta Farming Pays Off in Pabna, Earning Tk 15 Lakh a Year
A Pabna grower who lost heavily on guava and banana now earns at least Tk 15 lakh a year from malta on 18 bighas of Padma char land.
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Gach Alu Farming Changes Farmers' Lives in Pakundia
Gach alu, a potato that hangs from vines on trellises, has moved from trial plots to commercial farming in Kishoreganj's Pakundia, where farmers report high returns on low costs.
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Pesticides: The Challenge to Safe Food Production
In an opinion piece, Professor Noman Faruk and Samiran Biswas argue that uncontrolled pesticide use is harming health, soil and water in Bangladesh, and call for biopesticides, integrated pest management and farmer awareness.
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Potholes Along the Road Cause Suffering for Tens of Thousands
A 17km road on a Padma embankment in Ishwardi, Pabna, has been left unrepaired for years, cutting off 70,000 to 100,000 people in 15 villages and hurting char farmers.
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Cultivation Grows in Bhola as Fallow Land Falls to Near Zero
Farming is expanding across Bhola's seven upazilas and no land was left fallow in the 2024-25 rabi season, with farmers crediting government seed, fertiliser and support.
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Quits Job for a Nursery, Earns Tk 12 Lakh in Six Months
Imdadul Haque left a well-paid restaurant job in Dhaka to set up a fruit-seedling nursery in his Sirajganj village, and has sold about Tk 12 lakh worth of seedlings in the past six months.