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Harun Gazi succeeds in growing mustard on saline land
Harun Gazi of Paikgachha in Khulna has grown mustard without tillage on 80 bighas of a saline fish enclosure after draining it and harvesting the fish.
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Alongside His Studies, Monjurul Succeeds With Squash
Monjurul Ahsan, a college student and vegetable grower in Sharsha, Jashore, has made a profit from squash, a crop new to the area, with help from the agriculture department.
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Cucumber Grown on 136 Hectares in Patuakhali
Cucumber farming is growing in Patuakhali, where good demand and prices are drawing more farmers and the crop is being sent beyond the district.
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Beekeepers Busy Collecting Honey From Mustard Fields
Beekeepers are setting up hives beside mustard fields in Joypurhat to collect honey, earning a profit while the bees help raise farmers' yields.
Flowers
Mustard Farming Up in Rajbari, Bumper Yield Expected
Mustard has been grown on about 6,600 hectares in Rajbari this year, beating the target, and officials expect a bumper harvest.
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Bee Boxes in Mustard Fields, 150 Tonnes of Honey Expected
Rising mustard cultivation in Naogaon is helping beekeepers, who are expected to collect 150 tonnes of mustard honey this season while raising farmers' yields.
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Farmers Succeed With Vegetables Using Solar-Powered Irrigation in Nilphamari
Ten solar-powered irrigation pumps installed by BADC in Nilphamari now irrigate 250 hectares for about 500 farmers, turning sandy single-crop char land productive.
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Over 700 Families in Sylhet Prosper From Naga Chilli Farming
Naga chilli, once a backyard crop, is now grown commercially in Sylhet's Jaintiapur, where some 700 families have profited, though farmers say they get little official support.
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Sharsha's Shafiqul Succeeds With Pesticide-Free Bottle Gourd
A farmer in Sharsha, Jashore, has done well growing hybrid bottle gourds without pesticides, and his success is drawing other farmers to the crop.
Vegetables
A Striking Rooftop Garden Grown in Discarded Tyres
Shekhar Mondal's rooftop garden in Dhaka's Kalabagan, planted in discarded tyres instead of pots, meets 80 per cent of his family's nutritional needs.
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Rubel Hopes to Sell Tk 40 Lakh Worth of Malta
In the mango district of Chapainawabganj, young farmer Rubel Ali has built a 26-bigha malta orchard that he expects to earn about Tk 40 lakh this year.
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Mirsarai's Ahidun Nabi Succeeds With Fish Farming
After losing his first batch and suffering in the pandemic, Ahidun Nabi of Mirsarai turned a small biofloc pond into a fish and cattle business with Tk 40 lakh in capital.
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Water Chestnut Brings Profits to Joypurhat Farmers
Farmers in several Joypurhat villages have turned waterlogged low land into profitable water chestnut fields at very little cost.