Crops
Abdur Rouf Profits from Integrated Farming in Badalgachhi
A Badalgachhi farmer who turned four bighas into an integrated fruit and crop farm has added chia seed this year and hopes to expand if he can sell it.
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Farming
Crops
Blast Disease Ruins Boro Paddy in Gaibandha Fields
Blast and fungal disease have struck half-ripe Boro paddy across Gaibandha, leaving many farmers with empty grains and debts.
Crops
Fears of Disaster for Agriculture in Intense Heat, and What to Do
As a heatwave pushes temperatures to 42°C, an agriculturist warns of heavy crop losses and sets out steps to protect paddy, fruit, vegetables, livestock and fish.
Crops
Neck Blast Destroying Paddy in Kaliganj
Neck blast is drying out the panicles of paddy in fields across Kaliganj upazila of Jhenaidah, hitting BRRI dhan63 hardest.
Crops
Blast Disease Ruins Early BRRI dhan28 Paddy in Bhairab
Blast disease has destroyed early-maturing BRRI dhan28 paddy in Bhairab, Kishoreganj, leaving farmers worried about food for the year.
Crops
College Student Succeeds Growing Cucumbers With Mulching in Sharsha
Twelfth-grade student Monjurul Ahsan of Sharsha, Jashore, is growing hybrid cucumbers on 50 decimals with polythene mulching and employing five to seven people.
Crops
Meherpur Farmers Happy With Drumstick Yield
Favourable weather and no natural disasters have given Meherpur a good drumstick harvest, with branches bending under the weight of the pods.
Crops
What to Do to Control Rice Blast Disease
The Agriculture Information Service has set out steps farmers should take to control blast, a fungal disease that can wipe out a rice crop in favourable weather.
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6,700 Hectares to Come Under Irrigation at a Cost of Tk 347 Crore
A project to rehabilitate the Meghna-Dhonagoda irrigation scheme in Chandpur's Matlab (North) will bring 6,700 hectares under irrigation and add 11,471 tonnes of rice a year.
Crops
225 Hectares of Fallow Land Brought Under Cultivation in Narail
Vegetables and other crops are now being grown on 225.63 hectares of fallow land across Narail, following Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's directive.
Vegetables
Bhola Farmers Succeed With BARI Capsicum
Farmers on the chars of Bhola Sadar and Daulatkhan have succeeded in growing BARI Capsicum-2 commercially after a successful trial last year.
Crops
May Our Native Fruits Survive With Pride
Within just two decades more than fifty of Bangladesh's native fruits have come under threat, depriving people of their taste, nutrition and variety.
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Shimul Blossoms Light Up the Railway at Salap in Sirajganj
A thousand flowering shimul trees along the railway at Salap in Sirajganj are drawing crowds, even as the tree becomes scarce across the district.