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Machine Farming Raises Yields and Cuts Labour and Costs in Cumilla
A 50-acre synchronised farming block in Debidwar, Cumilla, using rice transplanters, combine harvesters and BRRI dhan102 averaged 91 maunds an acre and saved Tk 19,815 an acre.
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Paddy Farming
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A Market for Paddy Harvest Labourers Wakes at Dawn
Each boro season, farm labourers gather at dawn at Nurbag in Abhaynagar, Jashore, waiting for farmers to hire them to cut paddy.
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Farm Labourers Switch Jobs for Lack of Fair Wages and Respect
Low pay, hard conditions, lightning, social stigma and mechanisation are shrinking the army of boro harvest labourers in Kishoreganj's haors.
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Kishoreganj's Paneer and Rata Boro Paddy Get GI Recognition
Kishoreganj's tasty rata boro paddy and Austagram's paneer cheese have been registered as geographical indication (GI) products.
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Storm and Hail Flatten Paddy Fields in Jashore
A nor'wester and half an hour of hail on 28 April flattened Boro paddy fields across Jashore, leaving farmers in despair.
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Wild Elephants on the Rampage, Farmers Cut Half-Ripe Paddy
Farmers in Sherpur's Nalitabari have begun cutting half-ripe Boro paddy as herds of wild elephants raid their fields in the hills.
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No Imports Needed if Paddy and Rice Procurement Targets Are Met
The food secretary says Bangladesh will not need to import food if this year's paddy and rice procurement targets are met.
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Haor Harvest in Full Swing, but Farmers Worry Over Price
Boro harvesting is in full swing in the Kishoreganj haors, but farmers fear the paddy price will not cover their costs and loans.
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Soil Cut From Sunamganj Haors Sold Openly as Farmers Fear Harassment for Speaking Out
Farmers say soil is being cut from 15 haors in Sunamganj and sold, but anyone who complains faces harassment.
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The Myna: Invisible Guardian of the Rice Fields
The common myna quietly protects rice fields from insect pests, but its numbers are falling.
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Government to Buy Boro Rice at Tk 49 and Paddy at Tk 36 a Kg
The government will buy 3.5 lakh tonnes of paddy and 14 lakh tonnes of parboiled rice this Boro season, at prices Tk 4 a kg higher than last year.
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BBS Wants Over Tk 10 Crore for Travel to Find Production Cost of 10 Crops
The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics wants Tk 27.98 crore for a survey of the production cost of 10 crops, Tk 10.485 crore of it for travel.
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Purple Paddy Among Green Fields: Chapainawabganj Farmer Rabiul Dreams Big
A farmer in Gomastapur upazila of Chapainawabganj has grown purple leaf rice on 12 katha of land, drawing farmers and visitors to his field.