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Rajbari targets 40,932 hectares of onions; Goalanda and Kalukhali lead early planting

Rajbari, Bangladesh's third-largest onion district, aims to grow onions on 40,932 hectares this season; murikata onions are already on 1,933 hectares, and the agriculture department is offering free seed, fertiliser and incentives.

BSS26 October 20262 min read

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Prime minister walks over to the agriculture ministry: cut import dependence, raise output; mustard nearly doubled to 1.54 million tonnes, 4.3 million farmer cards planned

Meeting Ministry of Agriculture officials at the Secretariat, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman ordered effective steps to grow at home what Bangladesh can grow; the ministry reported mustard output up from 824,000 to 1.541 million tonnes in three years, 1,090 crop varieties, 2,617 solar irrigation syst

Ekattor TV13 September 20262 min read