Crops
Purple Cabbage Grown in Thakurgaon
Purple cabbage, which needs little care and irrigation and suffers few diseases, is being grown for the first time in several upazilas of Thakurgaon.
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Crops
Tk 65 Crore Worth of Crop Produced in Sunamganj
Mustard is growing in popularity among haor farmers in Sunamganj, where this season's crop of 5,400 tonnes is worth Tk 65 crore.
Crops
Record Mustard Cultivation in Kaliganj
Farmers in Kaliganj, Gazipur, have sown mustard on a record area this season, drawn by good prices and strong demand.
Crops
Vermicompost Changes the Fortune of Chuadanga's Asabul Haque
Asabul Haque of Chuadanga went from a tea stall to a vermicompost business with capital of over Tk 1 crore, but still lacks a licence to package his product.
Crops
Ishwardi's Shafiqul Profits From Colourful Cauliflower
Shafiqul Islam of Ishwardi has profited from growing nutritious purple and yellow cauliflowers for the first time, and neighbours plan to follow.
Crops
Mustard Cultivation in Pabna Rises by 70,000 Bigha
A change in cropping pattern in three Chalan Beel upazilas of Pabna has brought fallow land under mustard, lifting the district's mustard area by 10,000 hectares, or 70,000 bigha, in a year.
Vegetables
Started With Tk 12,000, Tahsin Now Owns Two Nurseries
Tahsin Ahmed, who came to Dhaka from Mymensingh after his SSC exams in 2015, started Ruma Nursery with just Tk 12,000 and now runs two nurseries in the capital.
Crops
Farmers See a Bright Future in Coloured Cauliflower
In Natore's Gurudaspur, Md Abdul Alim of Bilkathor village has succeeded with yellow and purple cauliflower on a first trial, the first coloured cauliflower grown in the district.
Livestock
A Farm of Desert Camels in the Capital
A camel farm set up at Dewanbagh Sharif in Arambagh, Dhaka, the first of its kind in the country, raises camels worth Tk 20 lakh to Tk 40 lakh each like any other domestic animal.
Crops
Maize Farming Turns Farmers' Fortunes in Thakurgaon
Because it costs little and pays well, maize cultivation keeps growing in Thakurgaon, where farmers have turned to hybrid varieties as an alternative to rice and other crops.
Crops
Farmers Score With Valentina and Carotina Cauliflower
Purple "Valentina" and yellow "Carotina" cauliflowers fetch double the price of white ones, and farmers in Shariatpur are growing more of them each year.
Crops
Sharsha Farmer Ataur Profits From Bean Farming
Farmer Ataur Rahman of Sharsha in Jashore has profited from growing an early summer IPSA-1 hybrid bean variety, one of 45 hectares of early beans in the upazila this year.
Fisheries
Selling Discarded Fish Scales Makes Them Self-Reliant
Scales collected from large fish at Dhaka's markets are dried and sold at Tk 70 to Tk 80 a kg to exporting companies, supporting about 20 families at Karwan Bazar.