Farming news (Page 59)

Monjurul's Colourful Cauliflowers Cause a Stir in Sharsha

Monjurul Ahsan of Sharsha, Jashore, has succeeded with yellow and purple cauliflowers, and buyers come to his field every day.

Jagonews2422 February 20242 min read

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Vermicompost Changes the Fortune of Chuadanga's Asabul Haque

Asabul Haque of Chuadanga went from a tea stall to a vermicompost business with capital of over Tk 1 crore, but still lacks a licence to package his product.

Jagonews2420 February 20243 min read

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Ishwardi's Shafiqul Profits From Colourful Cauliflower

Shafiqul Islam of Ishwardi has profited from growing nutritious purple and yellow cauliflowers for the first time, and neighbours plan to follow.

Jagonews2419 February 20242 min read

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Mustard Cultivation in Pabna Rises by 70,000 Bigha

A change in cropping pattern in three Chalan Beel upazilas of Pabna has brought fallow land under mustard, lifting the district's mustard area by 10,000 hectares, or 70,000 bigha, in a year.

Jagonews2413 February 20243 min read

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Started With Tk 12,000, Tahsin Now Owns Two Nurseries

Tahsin Ahmed, who came to Dhaka from Mymensingh after his SSC exams in 2015, started Ruma Nursery with just Tk 12,000 and now runs two nurseries in the capital.

Jagonews2412 February 20244 min read

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Farmers See a Bright Future in Coloured Cauliflower

In Natore's Gurudaspur, Md Abdul Alim of Bilkathor village has succeeded with yellow and purple cauliflower on a first trial, the first coloured cauliflower grown in the district.

Jagonews2411 February 20243 min read

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Tomatoes on 1 Acre 60 Decimals Destroyed in Sitakunda

A disease that blackened and scorched tomato plants has destroyed the crop of 12 farmers on 160 decimals at Imamnagar in Sitakunda's Bhatiary union, and farmers accuse the local agriculture officer of never visiting.

Jagonews249 February 20243 min read

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Hill-Slope Tomatoes Raise a Farmer's Hopes of Tk 50 Lakh

Farmer Md Abu Sayeed hopes to earn Tk 50 lakh from tomatoes grown on hill slopes about 300 feet above the plain at Mestarir Char in Matiranga, Khagrachhari.

Jagonews248 February 20243 min read

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Maize Farming Turns Farmers' Fortunes in Thakurgaon

Because it costs little and pays well, maize cultivation keeps growing in Thakurgaon, where farmers have turned to hybrid varieties as an alternative to rice and other crops.

Jagonews247 February 20242 min read

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Sharsha Farmer Ataur Profits From Bean Farming

Farmer Ataur Rahman of Sharsha in Jashore has profited from growing an early summer IPSA-1 hybrid bean variety, one of 45 hectares of early beans in the upazila this year.

Jagonews246 February 20242 min read

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Sitakunda farmers grow 12,000 coloured cauliflowers

Coloured cauliflowers have been grown in Sitakunda, Chattogram, for the second year, with the number rising from 1,200 to 12,000.

Jagonews244 February 20242 min read

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'Tal begun' brinjal changes the fortunes of Mirsarai farmers

Brinjal farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, are earning well, many of them from the high-yielding tal begun variety.

Jagonews243 February 20244 min read

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Kishoreganj farmer earns a lakh taka from yellow cauliflower

Farmer Abul Hasim in Pakundia, Kishoreganj, has earned a lakh taka from coloured cauliflower grown with organic fertiliser only.

Jagonews242 February 20242 min read