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Mango, Jackfruit and Banana Make Up Half the Fruit Grown in the Country
Of the at least 78 fruit species grown in Bangladesh, mango, banana and jackfruit account for nearly half of all output, while jackfruit production is shrinking.
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Fruit Farming
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Fruit Processing: A Market of Promise, a Shortfall in Preparation
Bangladesh grows fruit on a world scale but lacks the storage, processing and export systems to profit from it, argues a BARI postharvest scientist.
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Bangladesh Sets an Example in Fruit Production and Growth
Bangladesh's fruit output has risen from about one crore tonnes to more than 1.5 crore tonnes in a decade, making it one of the world's top 10 tropical fruit producers.
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GI Status for 14 Bangladeshi Fruits Brings New Hope for Branding and Economy
Fourteen of the 64 Bangladeshi products with geographical indication status are fruits, most of them mangoes, opening the way to origin-based branding.
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Lack of Technology Keeps Watermelon Off the Market Most of the Year
Barishal 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.
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Fruit Exports Lift Afghanistan's Economy as Pomegranates and Grapes Shine
Afghanistan's fresh and dried fruit exports have grown markedly, led by Kandahar pomegranates and grapes, official figures for 2025 show.
FruitsHome-Grown Foreign Fruits Such as Dragon Fruit and Katimon Mango Gain Ground in Bangladesh
Dragon fruit, strawberries, rambutan and avocados, once rare and costly in Bangladesh, were grown at home, cheaper and widely sold by June 2026; DAE data put dragon fruit output at 78,749 tonnes in 2024-25.
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Five Madrasa Students Propose a Protein-Rich "Super Banana" Using a Lentil Gene
Five first-year alim students in Tangail have designed a recombinant DNA model to add a lentil gene to banana, raising its protein without changing its taste.
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Contractor Accused of Occupying Fruit Orchard to Store Bricks and Rubble
A landowner in Kaliganj, Jhenaidah, accuses a contracting firm of using his fruit orchard for four months without permission to store bricks and rubble and run heavy machinery.
FruitsNaogaon's Nak Fazli mangoes reach market early as buyers complain of unripe fruit
Buyers complained in June 2026 that Naogaon's GI-recognised Nak Fazli mangoes were being sold immature; scientists quoted by Jagonews24 blamed early picking and ethylene-based ripeners.
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Crates and Transport Cost More Than the Mangoes, Leaving Growers in Trouble
Chapainawabganj mango growers say oversupply, middlemen, a crate shortage and rising transport and courier costs are denying them fair prices.
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Unable to Find a Job, Naim Became an Entrepreneur and Struck Gold With Dragon Fruit
After failing to find a job, Mazharul Islam Naim leased fallow land during the coronavirus pandemic and built an orchard that now has 6,000 dragon fruit plants.
FruitsBoalmari farmer's seven alubokhara trees draw buyers after he cut down 18
Habibur Rahman of Boalmari, Faridpur, cut down 18 of the 25 alubokhara trees he got from the agriculture office; in June 2026 he and his family said the remaining seven were fruiting heavily and selling at Tk 700-800 a kg.