CropsTwo experts set out an agricultural reform agenda built on less pesticide use, soil health, bio-pesticides, subsidy reform, digital tools such as the Khamari app and fair prices.
CropsIn Gangni, Meherpur, Asaduzzaman has crossed Garole sheep with desert Dumba, producing fast-growing lambs that reach 30 to 40 kg in three months.
CropsEntrepreneur Ismail Khan Shamim is turning Ashwina mangoes into dried mango in Shibganj, Chapainawabganj, adding value to fruit that often goes to waste.
CropsBARI's Spices Research Centre in Bogura has developed 58 spice varieties and 156 technologies, from sack-grown ginger and home-grown cumin to onion powder and year-round onions.
CropsSher-e-Bangla Agricultural University will soon open a Faculty of Agricultural Engineering so its students can play a key role in farm mechanisation, its vice-chancellor said.
CropsIn Jhenaidah, Ahsan Islam Shahin has made a coffee-like drink from the seeds of local dates that usually rot under the trees.
FruitsA 25,000-tree mango farm in Bengaluru, India, uses AI-powered drones, drip irrigation and sensors for precise management, with yields up to seven times higher.
CropsThree new BRRI rice varieties have been approved: a salt-tolerant Aman variety, a high-yielding Boro alternative to BRRI dhan29 and a blast-resistant Boro variety.
AgrotechMore than 300 hilsa trawlers in West Bengal have been fitted with ISRO satellite-based transponders that send distress signals, warn of border crossings and help find hilsa shoals.
FruitsThree friends in Rangamati have set up Hills Bazar, a small factory using BARI's low-cost vacuum frying technology to make chips from hill jackfruit and bananas.
CropsIn Tangail's Sakhipur, housewife Ruma Akter spent Tk 15,000 to 20,000 growing pest-free tomatoes in a polynet house and has sold Tk 1.2 lakh worth.
CropsA Bangladesh Agricultural University team has developed three high-yielding coloured sweet potato varieties, BAU Sweet Potato 7, 8 and 9, rich in anthocyanins and fibre.
BangladeshA guide to low-cost biogas plants, from simple polybag designs to floating- and fixed-dome models, and how they could ease fuel shortages and employ trained young people.
