AgrotechGamma irradiation centre opens at BINA to help farm exports
A Tk 89 crore gamma irradiation centre at BINA's regional station in Gazipur will let mangoes, jackfruit and other farm produce be sterilised and kept longer for export.
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FruitsLate mangoes keep Kansat market busy at the end of October
Kansat mango market in Chapainawabganj, which usually closes in September, is still trading Ashwina, Himsagar and Kalyanbhog. Growers will not sell Ashwina below Tk 10,000 a maund or Himsagar and Kalyanbhog below Tk 18,000.
AgrotechThree friends in Bholahat turn discarded mango peel into tea with a home-built heater
Mainul Islam, Mithun and Masum of Bholahat, Chapainawabganj, sun-dry discarded mango peel and process it in a heater machine they built themselves to make 'mango peel tea', selling at Tk 2,000 to 4,000 a kilo.
FruitsOne hot-water dip controls both fruit fly and anthracnose in mangoes, ICAR-IIHR says
ICAR-IIHR in Bengaluru has developed a 55°C, 20-minute hot water treatment followed by a 5% salt dip that controls fruit fly and anthracnose together without internal breakdown in Alphonso. A 1.2-tonne trial shipment reached Brunei in good condition.
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Late-season Kalyanbhog mango spreads across Chapainawabganj through top working
Started from six scions brought from India in 2017, the September-October Kalyanbhog mango now covers at least 50 bighas around Gomostapur and sells for Tk 16,000 to 18,000 a maund.
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Grafting turns Bangladesh mango orchards year-round, worth Tk 300-400 crore off-season
Katimon, a Thai year-round variety planted on under a hectare in 2014, now covers 4,757 hectares in four districts; by top-working old trees farmers harvest out of season at three to ten times main-season prices.
CropsKhagrachhari farmer grows lemongrass between his mango trees
In Matiranga, Khagrachhari, Forkan Uddin grows lemongrass as a companion crop in the gaps of his mango orchard; fresh lemongrass sells for Tk 250 to 300 a kilogram.
VegetablesWhy Rayalaseema tomato and mango farmers fear a bumper crop more than drought
Gluts sent tomatoes to ₹4 a kg against a cost of ₹6; a ₹1-lakh-crore horticulture hub with cold storage and grading in 201 clusters is due to be launched on 2 October.
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Mangoes in September: Naogaon grower expects Tk 6.3m from late Gourmoti and Katimon
At Sohel Rana's 75-bigha Barendra Agro orchard in Sapahar, 1,800 Gourmoti and 1,700 Katimon trees are still carrying fruit that sells at Tk 7,000-8,000 a maund, well after the main season.
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Late Gourmoti and year-round Katimon still hang in a 75-bigha Sapahar orchard; grower expects Tk 63 lakh in off-season sales
With the mainstream mango crop finished in Naogaon, Sohel Rana's Barind Agro in Sapahar has 1,800 Gourmoti and 1,700 Katimon trees in fruit; after selling more than Tk 1 crore of seasonal mango he expects 400 maunds of Gourmoti at Tk 8,000 and 450 maunds of Katimon at Tk 7,000, employing ten local y
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Six mango varieties still trading at Kansat after the season; off-season Khirsapat fetches Tk 25,000 a maund
Chapainawabganj's Kansat market is selling Ashwina at Tk 80-100 a kilo, BARI-4 Tk 150-180, Gourmoti Tk 160-180, Katimon Tk 170-180 and Banana Mango Tk 180-200; a Shibganj grower who grafted Katimon onto Khirsapat trees found the old wood fruiting in August and has sold Tk 80,000 of off-season GI man
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Katimon, the Thai year-round mango, is taking over Bangladesh's off-season market
Output has reached about 100,000 tonnes a year on some 7,000 acres, returns run to about Tk 500,000 a bigha, and ripe fruit sells at Tk 160-280 a kilo from pavement carts to upmarket shops in September.
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Khirsapat Mangoes Still Available in Chapainawabganj, and Here Is How
Farmers in Shibganj, Chapainawabganj, are experimentally harvesting Khirsapat mangoes out of season from trees grafted with Katimon, and selling them at several times the seasonal price.