Crops
Pirojpur Leads in Amra Production, Season's Sales Worth Crores of Taka
Known for guava, Pirojpur now also leads Barishal division in amra, with busy wholesale markets in Nesarabad and farmers pleased with prices despite a smaller crop.
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Fisheries
Five Fishermen Jailed in Pirojpur for Catching Hilsa During Ban
A mobile court in Kawkhali, Pirojpur, jailed five fishermen for catching hilsa in the final hours of the ban.
Fisheries
Fisherman Jailed for 17 Days for Catching Hilsa During Ban
A mobile court in Kawkhali, Pirojpur, jailed a fisherman for 17 days for catching hilsa in the Kacha river during the ban.
Fisheries
Mobile Court Seizes Current Nets and Jatka on Kacha River
A mobile court in Pirojpur's Indurkani seized 5,000 metres of illegal net and some jatka hilsa on the Kacha river during the fishing ban.
Fisheries
Hilsa Scarce in Pirojpur Rivers, Fishermen Despair Under Loan Burden
Fishermen on Pirojpur's rivers are catching few hilsa in the peak season, blaming jatka catches and illegal nets, while prices at the Bekutia market have soared beyond ordinary buyers.
Environment
Chhatra Dal Plants Trees in Pirojpur to Mark Environment Day
Pirojpur district Chhatra Dal held a tree-planting programme at Government Sohrawardi College to mark World Environment Day, as part of a central programme.
Agribusiness
People Come to the Market, Look, Ask the Price and Leave
Pirojpur's largest cattle market at Dighirjan is crowded ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, but few are buying, and farmers complain they are not getting fair prices.
Crops
Green Coconut Sells for Tk 60 in Pirojpur, Tk 200 in Dhaka
Green coconuts from Nesarabad in Pirojpur fetch three times as much in Dhaka as growers are paid, as middlemen take a cut at every step.
Agribusiness
Cow That Cost Tk 80,000 Last Year Now Tk 1.2 Lakh
Pirojpur's cattle markets are busy before Eid, but buyers complain that prices are far higher than last year.
Fisheries
'Tree Felling Is Upsetting the Natural Balance Day by Day'
Fisheries and Livestock Minister Sh M Rezaul Karim said at the opening of a tree fair in Pirojpur that tree felling is upsetting the natural balance and people must plant more trees.
FruitsPirojpur farmer Abdul Hai Sheikh grows amla on fallow land
In November 2018 a Pirojpur farmer said the 100 amla saplings he planted gave 25 maunds of fruit worth Tk 26,000 after four and a half years, as the district's amla area reached 44 hectares.
CropsFloating agriculture: vegetables, spices and Aman seedlings on water hyacinth beds
Jagonews24 reported in August 2017 that farmers in waterlogged districts were growing vegetables and spices year-round on floating water hyacinth beds, and that at least 800 floating beds had been used as Aman seedbeds in flood-hit areas that year.