Crops
Bhola's Char Farmers Turn to Capsicum
Farmers on the remote chars of Bhola are switching to capsicum, a low-cost, low-pest crop that has earned some of them Tk 4-5 lakh this season.
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Farming
Crops
Siddhirganj's Minjar Finds Self-Reliance in Bottle Gourd Farming
Surrounded by new buildings, Minjar Hossain keeps farming bottle gourd on a small plot in Siddhirganj and is enjoying his best harvest in years.
Fruits
Asif Makes a Mark with Rooftop Strawberry Farming
A first-year college student in Gaibandha has grown a rooftop strawberry garden from a single seedling and now advises others who want to try it.
Crops
Maize Changes Farmers' Lives in Nilphamari
With lower costs and better prices than Boro rice, maize has spread across Nilphamari, and farmers are hoping for a bumper crop.
Crops
Bhola Char Farmers Succeed With Trellis Vegetable Farming
Farmers on two isolated chars in Bhola have kept rain, tidal water and salinity off their vegetables this year by growing them on raised trellises.
Crops
Litchi Trees Laden With Blossom, Ishwardi Growers Hope for a Record Crop
Growers in Ishwardi, Pabna, known as the 'litchi kingdom', expect a record litchi crop after trees blossomed heavily this year.
Crops
Tk 7,000 Invested, Tk 2 Lakh in Sales: Feni Farmer's Khira Success
A Sonagazi farmer who grew khira on one bigha of fallow land on a trial basis sold about Tk 2 lakh worth from an outlay of Tk 7,000.
Crops
Started With Tk 350, Her Garden Now Holds Plants Worth Lakhs
A Government Titumir College student who began gardening with a single Tk 350 plant during the pandemic now has plants worth lakhs of taka.
Vegetables
Two Cousins' Rooftop Garden in Dhaka's Banasree
Two cousins, Esha and Lamia, have turned the roof of their home in Banasree, Dhaka, into a garden of flowers, fruit and vegetables.
Crops
Two Friends Become Self-Reliant Growing Jujube in Rajoir
Two friends in Rajoir, Madaripur, have become self-reliant with a jujube orchard that paid off in its first year and has since grown.
Crops
Sharsha's Jahangir Succeeds With Fragrant Lemons
Young agri-entrepreneur Jahangir Alam has succeeded at his first attempt at lemon farming in Sharsha, Jashore, selling tens of thousands of lemons from his orchard.
Crops
Banana Farming Changes the Fortunes of Ishwardi's Char Dwellers
Commercial banana farming on once-barren Padma chars in Ishwardi, Pabna, has transformed the lives of char farmers and created work for thousands.
Fruits
Mirsharai Hopes for Tk 20 Crore of Watermelons
Farmers from Subarnachar have planted watermelons on about 500 acres of fallow char land in Mirsharai, Chattogram, and officials expect a Tk 20 crore crop.