Vegetables
A Striking Rooftop Garden Grown in Discarded Tyres
Shekhar Mondal's rooftop garden in Dhaka's Kalabagan, planted in discarded tyres instead of pots, meets 80 per cent of his family's nutritional needs.
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Synchronised Cultivation Could Change Rice Farming in the Hills
Synchronised cultivation, with tray-raised seedlings planted by rice transplanters at the same time, is being introduced in the hills of Matiranga, Khagrachhari.
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Rubel Hopes to Sell Tk 40 Lakh Worth of Malta
In the mango district of Chapainawabganj, young farmer Rubel Ali has built a 26-bigha malta orchard that he expects to earn about Tk 40 lakh this year.
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Mirsarai's Ahidun Nabi Succeeds With Fish Farming
After losing his first batch and suffering in the pandemic, Ahidun Nabi of Mirsarai turned a small biofloc pond into a fish and cattle business with Tk 40 lakh in capital.
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Water Chestnut Brings Profits to Joypurhat Farmers
Farmers in several Joypurhat villages have turned waterlogged low land into profitable water chestnut fields at very little cost.
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Two Friends Succeed with Year-Round Watermelon in Shayestaganj
Two friends in Shayestaganj, Habiganj, have made a success of year-round watermelon on 22 bighas of previously fallow land, selling 20,000 fruits.
Vegetables
Grow a Winter Vegetable Garden on Your Rooftop
A rooftop garden of winter vegetables can supply fresh, safe food, add income and help counter global warming, and large tubs make it safe for the roof.
Fruits
Night Lights Boost Dragon Fruit Flowers and Fruit in Jhenaidah
A dragon fruit orchard in Harinakunda, Jhenaidah, has doubled its flowering by lighting the plants at night with 2,800 special lamps brought from China.
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Nilphamari Farmers Take to Intercropping in Banana Fields
Banana growers across Nilphamari's six upazilas are raising potatoes, vegetables and pulses between their banana plants to earn more from the same land.
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Abdul Halim Finds Success Growing Oranges in Gaibandha
Cheated by a broker in a bid to work abroad, a young man in Govindaganj, Gaibandha, turned to growing oranges and is now becoming self-reliant.
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Large Dragon Fruit Is Not Unsafe, No Health Risk: Dr Masud
Amid online claims about hormones in large dragon fruit, the DAE says the growth regulators used are scientifically approved and pose no health risk.
Vegetables
Mirsarai Bean Farmers Count the Days to a Good Harvest
Bean growers in Mirsarai, known as the vegetable basket of north Chattogram, are waiting on a good harvest from about 650 hectares, though fog is shedding flowers.
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Boro Set to Exceed Target by 500 Hectares in Mirsarai
Boro cultivation in Mirsarai, Chattogram, looks set to exceed its target by about 500 hectares, helped by the Mahamaya irrigation project, despite closed irrigation schemes and low paddy prices.