AgribusinessThe Philippine Department of Agriculture has produced 420,000 ube setts and needs 1.4 million more by December under a buyer-led plan, with 100 hectares targeted in Isabela and 500 by 2028.
CropsOnly 5 of 16 approved workers are on duty at the horticulture centre at Panchgachhia, Feni, and rain floods its low beds, spoiling soil and seedlings.
At Mokamtala in Bogura's Shibganj, young agriculture graduates raise disease-free seedlings in soilless cocopeat trays and grow chemical-free vegetables under polyshade with mulch film, fogging and drip irrigation, and offer hydroponics services.
Md Robiul Islam of Kultia union in Jashore's Manirampur processes the pith left after fibre is stripped from coconut husks into cocopeat, the growing medium used in pro-tray nurseries for tomato, chilli, brinjal, capsicum and cabbage seedlings; district and upazila extension officers have visited an
CropsCumilla's Department of Agricultural Extension expected Tk 20 to 22 crore worth of vegetable seedlings to be sold in the 2025 season, with more than 700 farmers raising seedlings on about 20 hectares around the village of Samespur.
VegetablesIn December 2024 Green Agro Nursery in Rajbari Sadar upazila was raising 29 kinds of vegetable and fruit seedlings in cocopeat trays, without soil, in 15 to 30 days, and was struggling to meet demand.
