AgribusinessNatore jaggery festival puts local producers in front of buyers
North Bengal E-commerce Foundation held a day-long jaggery festival at the Natore district council hall, with 16 stalls of traditional jaggery and other local products.
AgribusinessNorth Bengal E-commerce Foundation held a day-long jaggery festival at the Natore district council hall, with 16 stalls of traditional jaggery and other local products.
CropsSirajganj aimed to grow cane on about 10,000 hectares across nine upazilas; after a good harvest crushing has begun and pure jaggery is selling at Tk 200 to 250 a kilo.
A young farmer in Dumuria, Khulna, has made jaggery from unsold, undersized watermelons, a product officials say could cut waste and support growers.
A farmer in Dumuria, Khulna, has made jaggery from watermelon juice, named 'Togur', which officials say could help growers get fair prices.
The twice-weekly date palm molasses market beside Jayrampur railway station in Chuadanga is in full swing, with wholesale molasses at Tk 60-70 a kg.
Molasses prices at Chuadanga's traditional Sarojganj market have risen to Tk 90 a kg as date palms are felled to fuel brick kilns.
Jashore's date palm juice, gur and patali are still made and sold, but shrinking tree numbers, fewer tappers, low prices and adulteration are hurting the trade.
Date palm gur and patali made in Rajganj, Jashore, loved across the country, are now being exported to Malaysia and Singapore.
Fewer trees and tappers, plus early-season rain, have cut the supply of gur reaching Kaliganj's famous twice-weekly date palm gur market in Jhenaidah.