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Habib Khan's Success With Thailand's Year-Round Jackfruit
A year-round jackfruit orchard from Thailand is fruiting heavily for Habibur Rahman Khan in Manirampur upazila of Jashore.
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Pesticide-Free Vegetable Farming Is Changing Rural Agriculture
A demonstration plot in Chalbala union of Kaliganj, Lalmonirhat, is showing farmers how to grow vegetables without chemical pesticides.
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Not Chemical Panic, but Scientific Mango Growing and Informed Administration
Md Taif Ali of the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority argues that mangoes should not be destroyed on suspicion of chemical ripening without laboratory testing.
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A Farmer's Wooden Plough Can Still Be Seen in the Fields
In an age of tractors and power tillers, a farmer in Monohardi, Narsingdi, still works his land with a wooden plough.
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Machine Farming Raises Yields and Cuts Labour and Costs in Cumilla
A 50-acre synchronised farming block in Debidwar, Cumilla, using rice transplanters, combine harvesters and BRRI dhan102 averaged 91 maunds an acre and saved Tk 19,815 an acre.
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Housewife Hanufa's Strawberry Success in Cumilla
A mother in Burichang, Cumilla, grew strawberries on a trial plot so her child could eat them, and has already sold part of the harvest.
CropsBRAC's mobile solar irrigation pump wins over farmers in Kalapara, Patuakhali
BRAC built a solar-powered mobile irrigation pump for dry-season farming in Nilganj, Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali; by May 2025 the pump, which can be set up beside any pond, canal or reservoir, had become popular with local farmers.
CropsBumper Sweet Pumpkin Crop on Teesta Sandbars, but Lower Prices for Lalmonirhat Farmers
In May 2025 farmers on the Teesta chars of Lalmonirhat, where sweet pumpkin was grown on 1,320 hectares, were pleased with a bumper harvest, but prices below the previous year's and poor marketing held back their profits.
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Sesame Farming Grows in Jhalokati as Farmers Hope to Recover
Low costs, few diseases and good prices are drawing more farmers in Jhalokati to sesame, now grown on 396 hectares.
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Azizul Fakir Becomes Self-Reliant Growing Kochu and Loti
Md Azizul Fakir of Sonargaon became self-reliant growing kochu-loti (taro and its stolons) after watching YouTube videos, and has seen success for two years.
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Modern Poly-Shed Seedling Production Earns Sitakunda Farmers 500,000 Taka a Year
Nursery owners in Sitakunda, Chattogram, are earning 300,000 to 500,000 taka a year by raising healthy, strong-rooted seedlings in poly sheds.
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Bangi Growers in Gurudaspur in Trouble
Low demand and falling prices have left Gurudaspur's bangi growers unable to cover picking and transport costs, and much of the crop is rotting in the fields.
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Contract Farmers Form Human Chain over Low Seed Potato Price
Contract farmers of the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation formed a human chain in Bogura in protest at a low price set for seed potatoes.