Facing a severe water crisis after decades of excessive groundwater extraction, the Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) has moved to restrict Boro cultivation in eight upazilas of the Barind region.
Mustard sown without tillage by the relay method in Bangalhaola village of Kaliganj, Gazipur, is showing promise, and the agriculture office expects the practice to spread.
Irrigation at the Meghna-Dhonagoda project was inaugurated on 20 January but switched off after a photo session, leaving farmers unable to transplant ageing Boro seedlings.
Rajshahi's food department has not managed to procure more than 12 per cent of its aman paddy target in five years, as farmers shun government warehouses.
What farmers should do in the Bengali month of Magh to care for their boro rice and wheat.
Haor farmers in Sunamganj borrow from moneylenders at high interest to grow boro, saying bank loans bring harassment, while the bank says none need face it.
Farmers in Sharsha, Jashore, are covering boro seedbeds with polythene as severe cold and fog threaten the seedlings.
Long-standing waterlogging in the Bhabodah area has left boro cultivation uncertain on nearly 2,000 hectares in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore.
Rising demand from cattle farmers has turned aman straw in Mirsarai, Chattogram, into a cash crop worth up to Tk 1 lakh for some growers.
Bangladesh's public grain stocks have fallen to just over 12 lakh tonnes, and the government is importing 16 lakh tonnes of rice and wheat while pressing millers to deliver contracted aman rice.
CropsIn early January 2025, cold and dense fog in Jashore's Sharsha and Benapole put boro seedbeds at risk of cold injury, and farmers bought polythene at high prices to cover them.
Floods and heavy rain left fields in Lakshmipur under water, so aman was grown on well under half the target area this year.
As cold and fog intensify, farmers fear cold injury to Boro seedbeds and late blight in potatoes, and agriculture officials set out steps to protect the crops.
