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Kurigram Farmers Try to Recover with Winter Vegetables
Farmers in flood-hit Kurigram are trying to recover by growing early winter vegetables, with production under way on 710 of 7,250 target hectares.
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Dinajpur Farmers Busy Planting Early Potatoes
Farmers in Dinajpur are busy planting early potatoes on land cleared of short-duration aman, hoping for higher prices, though fertiliser costs are a worry.
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Mirsarai Farmers Happy With Yardlong Bean Prices
Good yields and wholesale prices of Tk 45-50 a kg have made yardlong bean farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, happy this season.
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Winter Vegetables Grown on 1,200 Hectares in Mirsarai
Mirsarai farmers are growing winter vegetables on 1,200 hectares, with early sellers already getting good prices.
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'Pepe Badsha', Hero of Pabna's Vegetable Revolution, Helps Hundreds of Young Men Stand on Their Own Feet
Shahjahan Ali Badsha of Ishwardi, known as Pepe Badsha, turned a two-bigha plot into a 200-bigha farm and has inspired more than a hundred young men in Pabna.
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Squash Farmer Faces Losses in Kurigram, No Help From Agriculture Department
Saidul Islam's four-bigha squash field on a Dharla river char in Kurigram was ruined by mosaic disease after heavy rain, and he says the agriculture department has offered no help.
Vegetables
Bottle Gourds Sell at Tk 40 Each in Kurigram
Bottle gourd growers on the chars of Kurigram's 16 rivers expect a profitable season as good prices and better weather ease earlier fears over the crop.
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Visually Impaired Fahim Becomes a Lakhpati Rearing Cattle
Fahim Ferdous, a visually impaired young man in Kurigram, has grown one cow into a herd of six worth about Tk 3 lakh and now supports his family.
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Leaf Blight in Aman Rice Leaves Farmers in Despair
Aman farmers in Moulvibazar say bacterial leaf blight is not responding to pesticide and fertiliser, while agriculture officials say rice on about 5,000 hectares has reddened for lack of rain and nutrients.
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Bhairab Farmers Turn to Transplanted Aman Rice
Farmers in Bhairab have planted transplanted aman rice beyond the target as a bonus crop at the end of the monsoon, drawn by low costs, a 90-day harvest and good prices.
Vegetables
Char Farmers Frustrated Despite Bumper Yields
Farmers on the chars of Gaibandha grow plentiful crops but cannot sell them at fair prices because of poor transport and the lack of fixed markets.
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Why Aman Cultivation Fell Short in Mirsarai
Aman planting in Mirsarai missed its target this season, which the upazila agriculture office blames on poor rain and higher fertiliser and diesel prices.
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Farmers See New Hope in Aman Rice
Green aman fields across Sirajganj have farmers and agriculture officials hoping for a bumper crop this season.