Bangladesh's agro-processing export earnings have fallen below $1 billion despite a fast-growing global market, speakers at the BAPA Foodpro International Expo said.
Speaking at Fulgazi in Feni, Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid said stocks are sufficient, blamed a racket for trying to engineer a shortage, and announced 110,000 farmer cards in a first phase.
At least 15 farmer protests in a month, 204 mobile courts and 1,700 sacks recovered: why fertiliser in store is not reaching the field.
At the start of the aman season farmers in Rajshahi, Jhenaidah and Kurigram are paying above the fixed price because dealers have no fertiliser, while the government insists 1.365 million tonnes are in stock; agricultural economists say the two accounts cannot both be true.
The government has formed a three-member cabinet committee to advise and assist the Ministry of Agriculture on fertiliser lifting, distribution and the appointment of dealers.
The government plans to raise the minimum food grain stock held in public warehouses, with the food ministry set to propose an increase of at least five lakh tonnes over the current 13.5 lakh tonnes.
Bangladesh's fruit output has risen from about one crore tonnes to more than 1.5 crore tonnes in a decade, making it one of the world's top 10 tropical fruit producers.
FruitsOpening the National Fruit Fair 2026 in Dhaka on 18 June 2026, Agriculture Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid said singara, samosa and kebabs were being made from jackfruit and called them highly nutritious; he also said fruit imports were falling and contacts with China on jackfruit exports were continuing.
FruitsRajshahi, Chapainawabganj, Naogaon and Natore had a target of about 12.55 lakh tonnes of mangoes in 2026, and traders estimated Tk 10,000 crore of activity around the crop, though growers said middlemen and a 54 kg maund cut their profits.
FruitsBangladesh's domestic mango market was estimated at Tk 13,000 crore, yet the country exported only 2,194 tonnes in 2025, earning under Tk 100 crore. In June 2026 exporters blamed steep air freight and gaps in quality production.
AgribusinessBangladesh's government said the Farmer Card would be launched in Tangail on Pahela Baishakh 2026. A pre-pilot in 11 blocks of ten districts was to cover 22,065 people, with landless, marginal and small farmers receiving Tk 2,500 a year in cash.
ACI Agribusiness president Dr. F. H. Ansari says the new government should continue farm machinery subsidies, build cold chains and focus on the agricultural value chain.
Six new high-yielding BRRI rice varieties, including the country's first vitamin E-rich black rice, have been released for cultivation nationwide.
