A duck farm in Kulpala village, Chuadanga, which Zakir Hossain began in 2002 with 150 ducks bought for Tk 1,600, now keeps about 12,000 ducks and makes a monthly profit of around Tk 3 lakh to Tk 5 lakh after Tk 8 lakh in costs.
Breaches in haor crop-protection embankments during untimely floods have washed away Tk 600 crore 20 lakh of paddy in Sunamganj over the past five years, the agriculture department says.
Large tree rats are destroying unripe Aman paddy in Lakshmipur, and farmers say neither poison bait nor traditional methods are stopping them.
Thakurgaon farmers who expected good returns from an early Aman harvest are selling paddy below their production costs.
Homestead nutrition gardens set up by about 10,000 families in Thakurgaon with the agriculture department's help are producing vegetables worth crores of taka a year.
A farmer in Rupsha, Khulna, has grown a crop of paddy from grain shed at harvest, without tilling or transplanting, and neighbours are keen to copy him.
Bean farmers in Ishwardi, Pabna, spend thousands of taka a bigha on pesticide, adding up to some Tk 7 crore a year, as officials warn of harm to health and soil.
Hunted for body parts used in medicines, pangolins in Cox's Bazar are disappearing from the wild and are now seen mostly when rescued from traffickers.
Okra that Ishwardi farmers sell for Tk 15 a kg reaches Dhaka consumers at Tk 40-50 or more, with middlemen taking the gap.
Passport applications in Sunamganj have multiplied as farmers and young people in the haor district leave farming to seek work abroad.
Snakebite admissions and deaths are rising at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, which faced an antivenom shortage that its director says is now over.
A free boarding house for cats in Cumilla city, 'Cats Home Biraler Bari', has become a trusted place for cat owners and animal rescuers.
Chapainawabganj mango growers say GI certification of four of their mango varieties has brought no benefit because the fruit carries no GI tag or branding.
