Crops
Cauliflower Farming in Full Swing in Fulbari
With favourable weather and good prices, farmers in Fulbari, Dinajpur, have started growing cauliflower ahead of the usual season.
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Crops
German-Method Cold Storage Brings Hope to Mango Farmers
A cold store using German technology in Shibganj, Chapainawabganj, can keep raw mangoes for 20 to 25 days, giving farmers hope of better prices.
Fruits
Mango Season Ends, Prices Rise
Mango prices in Sapahar, Naogaon, are rising at the end of the season, but farmers say they are still well below last year's and costs are higher.
Crops
Lack of Rain Hits Guava Yields in the South
Farmers in the southern guava belt around the floating markets of Jhalakathi, Barishal and Pirojpur say a lack of rain has cut this year's yield.
Fruits
Dinajpur Orchard Owners at a Loss Over Gourmati Mangoes
Mango growers in Dinajpur, a district famed for lychees, have had a bumper Gourmati crop but fear losses as local demand is weak and export buyers have not been found.
Crops
Ashwina Mangoes Fail to Fetch a Price in Their GI Year
Chapainawabganj's Ashwina mango recently won geographical indication status, but this year farmers cannot recover their production costs from selling it.
Crops
Shrabon 'Drought' Burns Northern Farmers' Fortunes
A rainless monsoon is forcing farmers across northern Bangladesh to irrigate aman paddy, pushing up costs and raising fears of lower yields.
Fruits
Naogaon Mangoes Lag in Exports for Lack of Support
Naogaon is famous for its mangoes, but only Sapahar upazila exports them, and growers say government support would let them earn far more.
Environment
Feasting on Fox Meat
Foxes are being hunted indiscriminately in Patuakhali and the south in the belief that their meat relieves joint pain, which doctors call superstition.
Crops
Started as a Hobby, Rocky's 3-Acre Orchard Now Grows Many Mango Varieties
A young garments businessman in Tongibari, Munshiganj, who planted mango trees to give his family formalin-free fruit, now runs a three-acre commercial orchard with 20 to 25 varieties.
Crops
Tk 25 Crore Worth of Mangoes Traded Daily at Sapahar
A large mango market has grown up in the border upazila of Sapahar, trading about Tk 25 crore of mangoes a day, but growers complain they are not getting fair prices.
Crops
Latkan Makes Kaliganj Farmers Self-Reliant
Latkan, a once little-grown fruit, has transformed the economy of Kaliganj upazila in Gazipur, making farmers self-reliant and reaching markets abroad.
Crops
Fruit Flies Pierce the Fortunes of Fazli Mango Growers
Heavy rain in Chapainawabganj has brought a fruit fly attack that is splitting Fazli mangoes and leaving crores of taka worth of fruit rotting on the trees.