CropsOpening the 11th BAPA Foodpro International Expo, Food Minister Afroza Khanam said the agro-processing sector can earn large amounts of foreign exchange.
CropsThe 11th BAPA Foodpro International Expo brought more than 200 brands from 27 countries and over 4,000 technology and machinery solutions to Dhaka.
CropsAgrivoltaics, which places solar panels above working farmland, could let land-scarce Bangladesh produce food and clean electricity on the same field.
CropsResearchers say the rind and seeds of southern Bangladesh's watermelons, now thrown away, could be processed into food, oil, feed and the amino acid citrulline.
FruitsBarishal division produced 1,943,075 tonnes of watermelon, but experts say without storage and processing technology the fruit is wasted in season and missing the rest of the year.
CropsThe government will buy Aman paddy through the "Krishoker App" in 272 selected upazilas as a pilot this season, the Directorate of Food has told field officials.
