CropsAkhaura farmer tries black rice on two bigha after watching YouTube
Saimon Molla of Birchandrapur village in Brahmanbaria's Akhaura has planted black rice on two bigha as a trial; the ears are out and he hopes for 16-18 maunds a bigha.
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CropsInspired by a Facebook video, a Bagmara farmer grows the upazila's first black rice
Mizanur Rahman Mizan of Kamarpur village in Bagmara, Rajshahi, bought seed online and is growing black rice for the first time in the upazila, hoping for Tk 200 to 300 more a maund than ordinary paddy.
CropsDeep-placed urea granules could save Bangladesh 600,000 tonnes of fertiliser a year
Pushing urea super granules 7 to 10 cm into paddy soil instead of broadcasting urea cuts fertiliser waste by up to 30 percent, enough to save about 600,000 tonnes of urea and Tk 2,000 crore in imports a year, an article argues.
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Local Rice Varieties Disappearing for Lack of Conservation
As farmers in Moulvibazar switch to high-yielding rice for bigger harvests, local varieties are disappearing for lack of seed conservation and research.
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Rice Solution App Leads Bangladesh's Push to Use Artificial Intelligence in Farming
Artificial intelligence can raise quality and output while cutting costs, labour and pesticide use, and Bangladesh has begun using it through tools such as BRRI's Rice Solution app.
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Jhum Farmers Busy Bringing in Golden Paddy From Green Hills
Jhum farmers in Bandarban are harvesting ripe hill paddy and companion crops after timely rain, with 11,895 hectares under jhum in the district this year.
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Farmers Loot Warehouse Over Fertiliser: How Real Is the Shortage?
Farmers taking fertiliser from a dealer's warehouse in Kurigram has renewed questions about supply, with farmers reporting shortages and overcharging while the ministry says stocks are ample and blames old dealers.
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Rising Costs of Transplanted Aman Worry Joypurhat Farmers
Marginal farmers in Joypurhat say the cost of growing transplanted Aman rice has risen by Tk 3,000 to 5,000 a bigha because of dearer diesel, fertiliser, seed, pesticide and labour, while paddy prices have not risen to match.
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Boro Procurement Brings Relief Despite the Blow from Floods
Despite crop losses to floods, government procurement of boro paddy has already passed its target and rice purchases are close to theirs, lifting the public food stock to a record.
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Locals Catch Fish in Fields Being Ploughed for Aman in Moulvibazar
As fields are ploughed for aman planting in Moulvibazar, native fish come to the surface and local people follow the tillers to catch them.
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Villagers Plant Rice Seedlings in Muddy Road to Demand Repairs in Shyamnagar
Residents and young people of South Koikhali in Shyamnagar, Satkhira, planted rice seedlings in the mud of a broken village road on 16 August to press for its repair.
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Government Fertiliser Found in Thakurgaon Shops, but Officials Never Came to Check
Reporters in Thakurgaon found hundreds of sacks of government fertiliser in open-market shops and alerted officials, who did not come even after a four-hour wait.
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Syndicate Manipulates Government Paddy Procurement in Nageshwari, Genuine Farmers Left Out
A syndicate in Kurigram's Nageshwari allegedly used the names of poor and landless people to sell paddy to government stores, depriving genuine farmers.