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Caring for Rooftop Gardens and Plants in Winter
Dry winter weather can leave potted and rooftop plants worn out, so here is how to care for rooftop gardens, tubs and plants in the cold.
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Faruk Dreams of Doubling His Money From Orange Farming
A young farmer in Kurigram Sadar expects to double his money from his first commercial harvest of China Jhuri oranges grown on two bighas.
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Vegetable Farming and Goat and Sheep Rearing Turn Fortunes Around
With free goats, sheep and winter vegetable seeds from the non-profit Friendship, 120 families in Joykha village of Mongla are overcoming poverty.
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In the Land of the Nabanna Festival in Agrahayan
The month of Agrahayan brings Nabanna, the traditional festival of cooking the first new aman rice, though elders say much of the old celebration is fading.
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Sherpur Farmer Earns Four Times His Costs From Sammam in Three Months
A former private-sector employee in Jhenaigati has grown sammam, a desert fruit, for the first time in Sherpur's Garo hills and earned four times his costs.
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Shariatpur's Khalil Succeeds With China Orange Orchard
A farmer in Bhedarganj, Shariatpur, has turned 40 decimals of land into a thriving orchard of China-variety oranges after his son saw the idea on YouTube.
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Sharsha Farmer Ataur Profits From Early Beans
A farmer in Sharsha, Jashore, is making good money from an early summer crop of IPSA-1 hybrid beans.
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Farmers' Hopes Sway in Mirsarai's Aman Fields
Aman paddy in Mirsarai covers 19,850 hectares, beating the season's target despite late rain, and farmers are hoping for a good harvest.
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Mirsarai Farmers Profit From Early Cucumbers
Farmers in Mirsarai are earning good prices from early cucumbers, and the area under the crop is growing each year.
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Papaya Worth Crores Rotting in Khagrachhari Orchards
Papaya growers in the hill district of Khagrachhari are selling at half price or watching fruit rot because a continuous blockade has halted transport.
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Lakshmidigha Rice: When and How to Grow It
A lead agriculturist describes how Lakshmidigha, a nearly lost native red rice that grows with rising floodwater, is sown, revived and valued for its nutrition.
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Winter Vegetables Turn Around Fortunes of Jajira Farmers
Good soil and favourable weather have made winter vegetable farming profitable in Jajira upazila of Shariatpur, with produce now sold in Dhaka and other districts.
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How to Store Aman Rice Seed in Late Autumn
With Aman paddy ripening in the month of Kartik, farmers who keep their own seed should select, dry, clean and store it carefully to get a good crop next season.