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Kochu Lati Changes Farmers' Fortunes in Joypurhat
Latiraj taro grown for its stolons, or lati, has changed the fortunes of farmers in Joypurhat's Panchbibi and is now exported to about 20 countries.
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Success
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Farmers All Smiles After Growing Three BRRI Rice Varieties
Farmers in Kaliganj, Gazipur, reported yields of about one maund per decimal from three new BRRI rice varieties at a harvest field day.
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Fruit Bagging Method for Protecting Mangoes
Fruit bagging shields mangoes from fungus, insects and bad weather without pesticides, and most growers have now adopted it.
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Nur Islam Succeeds With Year-Round Mango in Sharsha
A Jashore nurseryman has made a living from the year-round BARI-11 mango, which fruits three times a year and sells at Tk 400 a kg out of season.
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College Student Succeeds Growing Cucumbers With Mulching in Sharsha
Twelfth-grade student Monjurul Ahsan of Sharsha, Jashore, is growing hybrid cucumbers on 50 decimals with polythene mulching and employing five to seven people.
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Not Extortion or Begging: Hijra Group Wins Attention With Farming in Gazipur
Instead of collecting money from people, a group of third-gender people (hijras) in Gazipur has taken up farming on 13 bigha of sharecropped land.
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Farmer Sentu Hajong Develops 23 Rice Varieties in His Humble Home
Farmer Sentu Chandra Hajong of Sherpur has bred 23 new local rice varieties over 17 years of research at home, and hundreds of farmers now grow them.
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Mujibur Succeeds Growing Three Crops on the Same Land in Bhairab
Bhairab farmer Mujibur Rahman has grown capsicum and lettuce for three years and added sunflower this year on the same land, drawing crowds of visitors.
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Rumpa's Success With a Hobby Nursery
A computer science student in Dhaka's East Kafrul has turned her hobby garden into an online plant business that earns her Tk 15,000 to Tk 25,000 a month.
Environment
Rabbit Rearing: A Hobby That Also Brings an Income
Rabbits breed fast, fall ill rarely and are in demand, so more people in Bangladesh are rearing them both as a hobby and for income.
Agribusiness
Class 12 Student Jihad Dreams of Success with a Poultry Farm
A college student in Araihazar who began rearing chickens on his roof during the pandemic now runs a farm of about 3,000 birds.
Environment
Fahmida's Hobby Birds Bring Her Success
A teacher in Dhaka who began with a single pair of budgerigars in 2011 now keeps dozens of pairs of cage birds and pigeons and runs a large hobbyist group.
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Delwar Sold Tk 22 Lakh of Fruit in Two Years
Delwar Hossain, who turned to fruit farming in Mirzapur, Tangail, after his businesses failed, has sold Tk 22 lakh of fruit in two years and now has a good China orange harvest.