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Three Tangail Farmers Change Their Lives Growing Rice
Three farmers in Delduar, Tangail, who inherited small plots, have bought more land, built homes and educated their children by selling hundreds of maunds of rice.
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Sharsha Farmers Turn to BRRI dhan87 for High Yields in Less Time
Farmers in Sharsha, Jashore, are switching from Swarna to BRRI dhan87, a fine-grained Aman variety that matures 15 days earlier and sells more easily.
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Paddy Prices Have Risen, but Farmers Still Fear Losses
Farmers in Naogaon are planting Iri-Boro paddy under the burden of past losses, even though paddy prices have risen in recent weeks.
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Betel Leaf Farming Grows as It Pays Better Than Paddy
More farmers in Joypurhat are growing betel leaf because it is more profitable than paddy, potato and other crops, though the district has no wholesale betel market.
Agribusiness
Aman Paddy Lottery Fails Farmers, Favours Middlemen
The lottery used to pick farmers who could sell aman paddy to government food stores has benefited middlemen and non-farmers, and Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder admits the lists were flawed.
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A Purple Paddy Field in Chandpur's Faridganj
A farmer in Faridganj, Chandpur, has drawn attention by growing a purple-coloured paddy whose rice is also purple.
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Food Minister: Government to Buy Paddy from Farmers at Tk 26 a kg
The government will buy 6 lakh tonnes of aman paddy directly from farmers at Tk 26 a kg from 20 November, the food minister announced.
AgrotechKrishoker App: how Bangladesh planned to buy Aman paddy without middlemen
To curb irregularities in Aman paddy procurement, Bangladesh's Directorate General of Food moved in November 2019 to use the 'Krishoker App' in 16 districts, with a software lottery deciding which registered farmers would sell to the government.
Agribusiness
What Will Farmers Gain from Bangladesh's New Decision to Buy Paddy Directly?
The government will buy aman paddy straight from farmers this season, but farmers ask how fair and transparent the process will be.
CropsKalna farm in West Bengal trials 21 rice varieties as alternatives to Lalswarna
In September 2019 the Kalna subdivision agriculture farm in Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, India, began trials of 21 rice varieties, looking for alternatives to the long-grown Lalswarna paddy, which officials linked to more pests, falling yields and a late rabi season.
AgrotechBoro paddy price slump: government looked to technology and rice exports
In May 2019 farmers were selling Boro paddy at Tk 500 to Tk 600 a maund. The agriculture minister spoke of rice exports and machinery support, while BIDS researcher Nazneen Ahmed argued that technology to cut production costs was the long-term answer.