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Tk 170 Crore Incentive to Boost Boro Production
The Ministry of Agriculture is giving about Tk 170 crore in incentives, including free seed and fertiliser for 27 lakh farmers, to raise boro production.
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Jhalakathi's Yousuf Ali Succeeds with Bean Farming
A farmer in Jhalakathi growing beans and other vegetables on his own and leased land has become self-reliant from the harvest.
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Bhola Farmers Succeed with Pesticide-Free Vegetables
For the first time, more than 500 farmers in Bhola's Char Madras have grown pesticide-free winter vegetables, cutting costs and earning better prices.
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Ripon Earns Tk 50,000 a Month from Capsicum
A returned migrant in Kurigram's Nageshwari who learned capsicum farming from YouTube now earns Tk 50,000 a month, though there is no local market for the crop.
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Rubel Sells Tk 7 Lakh of Vegetables a Year
A young farmer in Habiganj's Shaistaganj who sells Tk 5-7 lakh of vegetables a year has inspired others to take up vegetable growing.
Vegetables
Gaibandha Farmers Turn to Potatoes in Hope of Profit
Farmers in Gaibandha are expanding potato cultivation this year, hoping for a bumper crop and good prices for the new harvest.
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Farmers Show More Interest in Paddy and Maize Than Vegetables
Government data show Bangladesh's vegetable area has shrunk this Rabi season as farmers, burned by low vegetable prices and worried about food shortages, switch to paddy and maize.
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Carrots Sell at Tk 40 a Kg in Ishwardi, but Farmers' Profits Are Thin
Farmers in Ishwardi have had a bumper early carrot crop, but higher seed and fertiliser costs and imported carrots mean they are making little profit.
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Jhalakathi Farmers Busy With Winter Vegetable Cultivation
Farmers in Jhalakathi, where women work the fields alongside men, are busy planting and tending winter vegetables grown commercially for markets in the district and beyond.
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Bumper Aman Crop Brings Smiles to Dakop Farmers
Aman planted late in Dakop, Khulna, because of a lack of rain has produced a bumper crop, and farmers are preparing to harvest within days.
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Kalojira Paddy Cultivation Declines in Mirsarai
Low yields have pushed farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, away from the aromatic Kalojira paddy towards high-yielding hybrid varieties.
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How Much Water Does It Take to Produce Rice?
A freelance journalist argues that the water, inputs and labour behind every kilo of paddy are reason enough to stop wasting rice.
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Sohan Succeeds with Integrated Farm, Earns Tk 15 Lakh a Year
Young Chuadanga entrepreneur Abdul Kader Sohan turned 2 bighas and Tk 50,000 into an integrated farm he says now makes Tk 13-15 lakh a year after costs.