Market Management
Sugar up 20% in a month in India, and sweet shops are feeling it
Sugar has reached 70 rupees a kilogram in several West Bengal districts, and many on social media are blaming ethanol made from sugarcane.
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AgribusinessCarew's pressmud fertiliser Sonar Dana gains popularity in Chuadanga
Sonar Dana, an organic fertiliser made from sugar-mill pressmud by Carew & Company at Darshana, had become popular with farmers by March 2026. The company said it produced 1,630 tonnes in 2024-25, and farmers said their yields had risen.
AgribusinessOkra, coffee and sugarcane bring rural women in Choluteca, Honduras, into leadership
A World Bank feature of March 2026 described how women in Choluteca, southern Honduras, who began by filling bags and transplanting seedlings now sit on boards, run forklifts and preside over a producer union, backed by the ComRural II project.
AgribusinessSugarcane, okra and coffee groups turn Choluteca's harvests into rural jobs
In Choluteca, southern Honduras, a powdered-sugarcane plant, an okra exporter shipping a container a day and a specialty coffee cooperative employ hundreds. The World Bank said in February 2026 that the ComRural II project behind them had helped more than 3,200 people into jobs.
CropsSugarcane Farming Returns to Narayanganj's Araihazar and Rupganj for Jaggery
Farmers in Araihazar and Rupganj upazilas of Narayanganj went back to sugarcane and field-made jaggery, and the district's agriculture office put the 2025-26 crop at 136 hectares, up on the year before, Jagonews24 reported on 30 January 2026.
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Bagerhat Farmers Turn to Sugarcane
Farmers in Bagerhat's Kachua upazila are growing more sugarcane and selling it through the busy Badhal Bazar, but say they receive no government support.
CropsKartik Farm Tasks: Wheat, Mustard, Potato and Winter Vegetables in Bangladesh
Kartik (17 October to 15 November) is when aman paddy is cut and the winter crops go in. Here is the government's Agricultural Information Service checklist for wheat, mustard, potato, sugarcane, pulses and vegetables, with its seed and fertiliser rates.
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Kaliganj's Masud Succeeds With Philippine Sugarcane
Farm entrepreneur Masud Bhuiyan of Kaliganj, Gazipur, has had a good first harvest of the Philippine "black sugar cane" variety and inspired neighbours to follow.
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Double Profit from Sugarcane in Shibpur Brings Smiles to Farmers
A black sugarcane variety from the Philippines is drawing farmers in Shibpur, Narsingdi, where growers say they have doubled their profits for several years.
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Shyampur Sugar Mill Raises Hopes, but New Challenges Remain
The closed Shyampur Sugar Mill in Rangpur is waiting for funds to restart production, but whether farmers will return to sugarcane is a major question.
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BSRI-46 Sugarcane Is Changing Farmers' Fortunes in Natore
Farmers in Natore are getting 450 to 600 maunds of cane a bigha from the BSRI-46 variety grown from disease-free certified seed, far more than other varieties.
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Sugarcane Makes Kaliganj Farmers Self-Reliant
A bumper sugarcane crop and fair prices have brought smiles to farmers in Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur.
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Gazipur Farmers Happy With Bumper Sugarcane Yield
Sugarcane farmers in Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur have reaped a bumper yield and are getting fair prices, fuelling growing interest in the crop.