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What to Do Against Bacterial Panicle Blight, a New Rice Disease
Bacterial panicle blight, a seed-borne disease that turns rice grains empty, can be checked through seed treatment, balanced fertiliser and timely sprays.
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Paddy Farming
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Dewanganj Farmers Replant Aman as Floodwater Recedes
With floodwater gone, farmers in Dewanganj are replanting Aman after three rounds of flooding destroyed the crop on 287 hectares.
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Haor Farmers and Youths Head Abroad Hoping to Change Their Fortunes
Passport applications in Sunamganj have multiplied as farmers and young people in the haor district leave farming to seek work abroad.
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Students Win Praise for Planting Rice in the Mud
Guided by their science teacher and a local farmer, more than a hundred seventh-grade students at Khila High School in Netrokona planted rice seedlings in the mud.
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Student Tanvir Succeeds in Dragon Fruit Farming Alongside His Studies
A Jagannath University student has found success with a two-bigha dragon fruit orchard in Bhanga, Faridpur, inspiring educated young people in the area.
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Worries Behind Them, Mirsarai Farmers Busy Planting Aman After Late Rain
Late rain has let about 10,000 farmers in Chattogram's Mirsarai upazila get their transplanted aman into the fields, with the season's target almost met.
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Bhola Farmers See Profit in Transplanted Aman Grown the Synchronised Way
Farmers in Bhola have begun growing transplanted aman by the samalay (synchronised) method for the first time, and expect far lower costs and higher profits.
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BRRI dhan98 Will Play a Big Role in Food Security: Agriculture Minister
Agriculture minister Dr Abdur Razzaque said the BRRI dhan98 aus variety will play a big role in food security, during a field visit in Tangail's Dhanbari.
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Bangladesh Second in the World in Rice, Third in Fish: Food Minister
Food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder said Bangladesh ranks second in the world in rice and third in fish, speaking at a sheep distribution event in Naogaon's Niamatpur.
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Rice Transplanters Bring Farmers Relief With Cheaper Planting in Gaibandha
Farmers in Sundarganj, Gaibandha, have started planting rice with transplanters, cutting the cost of planting a bigha from about Tk 2,000 to Tk 300 amid labour shortages.
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Aman Planting Finally Begins in Dinajpur, the "Granary"
Farmers in Dinajpur, known as the country's granary, have rushed to plant aman rice after rain on Monday night eased a long water shortage.
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Rain Held Hostage by Heat, Farmers Distraught Over Dry Seedbeds
With July rainfall about half of normal and August forecast to stay hot, fields that should be flooded are cracked and farmers are distraught over Aman and Aus cultivation.
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Sharsha Farmers Worried About Transplanted Aman
With little rain even in the monsoon, farmers in Sharsha, Jashore, are irrigating to plant transplanted Aman rice, and the extra cost has left them anxious.