At a farmers' advice meeting in Damurhuda, Chuadanga, a sub-assistant agriculture officer warned that overusing chemical fertiliser and pesticide harms soil, water and pollinators, and urged organic manure and integrated pest management.
CropsInterviews with 24 people across the supply chain show growers see changing pest control as a commercial risk, with weak support since AHDB Horticulture closed in 2022.
CropsBhairab's farm office is running 220 light traps to monitor pests in aman rice; with no brown planthopper found, officers advise perching instead of pesticide, and many farmers remain unconvinced.
CropsAt the 2026 FAO Science and Innovation Forum, CABI argued that extension services must become pluralistic, inclusive and part digital, with farmers helping to shape the innovations they are asked to adopt.
FruitsEntomologists at Bangladesh Agricultural University say they have recorded the whitefly Paraleyrodes pseudonaranjae in Bangladesh for the first time, confirmed by DNA barcoding; its share rose between June and December, but its effect on coconut yields is not yet known.
CropsFarmers in Tarash, Ullapara and around Chalan Beel say several times more pesticide no longer controls stem borer; agriculture officials urge integrated pest management and more organic fertiliser.
CropsSixty farmers in Charbhadrasan, Faridpur, were trained in off-season watermelon, polyhouse vegetables, vermicompost and pest control under a project to spread modern farm technology on Bangladesh's char lands.
VegetablesAt Dyson Farming Research in Lincolnshire, trials are testing late foliar potassium for dry matter, seaweed and microbial biostimulants, low-emission nitrogen products and floral tramlines that draw hoverflies to eat aphids.
CropsA report by ID Capital ranks pesticides as the most urgent source of toxic exposure in Asia. Founder Isabelle Decitre says cuts must protect farmers' yields, and points to China's targets, professional spray services, drones and IoT pest forecasting.
CropsA CABI-led survey of 162 farmers in Ecuador's Tungurahua Province found that most recognise the health and environmental risks of pesticides, yet chemical sprays remain their first choice because biocontrol products are unfamiliar, hard to find and seen as costly.
Lalmonirhat Sadar's agriculture office sets light traps, a lamp over a pan of soapy or kerosene water, across nine unions and the municipality every week and advises spraying only after counting the pests caught.
Yellow and blue sticky traps are a non-toxic way to control aphids, whiteflies and sucking pests; agriculture workers put their cost at Tk 7,000-8,000 a hectare against Tk 30,000-40,000 for pesticide.
CropsICAR's integrated pest management centre showed Rajasthan tribal farmers how hand-picking, traps, natural enemies and targeted baits bring the pest under control.
