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Favourable Weather Brings Smiles to Haor Farmers
Favourable weather has given Sunamganj a bumper Boro harvest this season, easing haor farmers' usual fears about getting their single crop home.
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Boro Paddy at Risk of Heat Shock
Scientists fear a repeat of the 2021 heat shock that turned paddy on nearly half a lakh hectares to empty grain if the current heatwave does not ease soon.
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Fields Full of Paddy, but Haor Farmers Worry About Prices
Despite a good boro harvest in Sunamganj's haors, farmers fear the paddy price will not cover the higher costs of fertiliser, pesticide and labour.
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Rainwater Submerges Crore Taka Worth of Paddy in the Haor
Rainwater has submerged farmers' ripening boro paddy in various haors of Sunamganj, with nearly Tk 1 crore worth lost, according to the agriculture department.
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Tk 600 Crore of Paddy Washed Away in Sunamganj as Embankments Broke Over Five Years
Breaches in haor crop-protection embankments during untimely floods have washed away Tk 600 crore 20 lakh of paddy in Sunamganj over the past five years, the agriculture department says.
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Black gram succeeds in Kishoreganj haor
BARI's on-farm research division in Kishoreganj has grown a yellow mosaic-resistant black gram variety without tillage in the haor, harvestable in 80-85 days.
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Haor Farmers and Youths Head Abroad Hoping to Change Their Fortunes
Passport applications in Sunamganj have multiplied as farmers and young people in the haor district leave farming to seek work abroad.
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33% of Boro Paddy Harvested Nationwide, 90% in Haor
A third of the country's boro paddy and 90 per cent in the vulnerable haor wetlands had been harvested by 30 April, the agriculture minister said.
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Krishak League Leaders Harvest an Acre of Haor Paddy in Karimganj
Central Krishak League leaders harvested an acre of ripe paddy for a farmer in Kishoreganj's Karimganj upazila to encourage haor farmers.
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Neck Blast Turns Paddy to Chaff, Leaving Haor Farmers in Despair
Harvesting has begun in Kishoreganj's haor, but farmers who grew BRRI dhan28 have little to smile about after neck blast turned much of their crop to chaff.
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Haor Farmers Bring Home Ripe Paddy on the First Day of Baishakh
Farmers in Sunamganj's haors spent the first day of Baishakh bringing home a bumper boro crop.
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Every Gust of Wind Makes Haor Farmers' Hearts Tremble
Farmers in Sunamganj's haors expect a bumper boro crop but fear storms and rising rivers could stop them bringing it home.
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Haor Farmers Fear Losing Their Crop Again This Year
Crop protection embankment work in Sunamganj's haors has missed its extended deadline, and farmers fear early floods will wreck their only Boro crop again.