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Faridpur Farmers Plant Onions in Hope of Profit
Encouraged by good prices, farmers across Faridpur's nine upazilas are planting onions on a record area this season.
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Vegetable Farming
VegetablesRajbari nursery raised vegetable and fruit seedlings in cocopeat without soil
In December 2024 Green Agro Nursery in Rajbari Sadar upazila was raising 29 kinds of vegetable and fruit seedlings in cocopeat trays, without soil, in 15 to 30 days, and was struggling to meet demand.
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Only Two Farmers Among 80,000 Residents in Siddhirganj Ward
Only two farmers are still growing crops in Ward 2 of Narayanganj City Corporation, a densely populated area of about 80,000 people where buildings have swallowed the farmland.
CropsKushtia farmers in Ujangram turn to pesticide-free vegetables grown with IPM
In November 2024 farmers in several villages of Ujangram union, Kushtia Sadar, were growing about 15 kinds of vegetables on some 100 acres without chemical pesticides, using integrated pest management. They said bio-pesticides and sex pheromone traps had cut their costs.
Vegetables
What Farmers Should Do in Winter Cold and Fog
Low temperatures, dense fog, drizzle and cloudy weather harm Boro seedbeds and many winter crops, and farmers have been advised to take a set of protective steps.
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Jamalpur's Anis Profits From Mixed Cauliflower and Gourd Farming
A Jamalpur farmer has planted 17,000 cauliflowers with bottle gourd trellised above them on three bighas, expecting to sell Tk 3-4 lakh worth of vegetables.
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What to Do When Vegetables Get Wilt Disease
Bacterial wilt affects many vegetable crops, making the whole plant droop and die within a day or two; here is how to manage it.
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Sitakunda Cucumber Farmers Happy With Bumper Yield and Good Prices
A bumper cucumber crop on hill and flat land in Sitakunda, Chattogram, combined with high vegetable prices, is bringing a good income to at least 720 farmers.
CropsSiddhirganj farmer Shahjahan grows greens on leased land to fund son's study abroad
Md Shahjahan, 62, who has farmed leased land in Siddhirganj, Narayanganj, for 40 years, grew five kinds of leafy greens on 190 decimals in Mizmizi beel in November 2024. He said the income was paying for his children's higher education and that he was preparing to send his elder son abroad to study.
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Asadullah Makes a Living From Cauliflower in Sonargaon
A farmer in his seventies in Sonargaon has grown 3,000 cauliflowers on three plots and expects another profitable season.
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Iqbal Hopes to Bounce Back With Watermelon and Cucumber
After the August floods wiped out his summer watermelon field, young Mirsarai farmer Iqbal Hossain has borrowed to replant watermelon, rock melon and cucumber.
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Gaibandha Farmers Turn to Winter Vegetables to Recover
Farmers in Gaibandha hit by floods and heavy rain are busy growing winter vegetables to recover, though many say agriculture officials have given them little help.
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Babor Ali Succeeds With Radish in Magura
Growing an improved radish variety on 2 bighas in Magura, farmer Babor Ali has already sold more than Tk 1 lakh worth and expects over Tk 2 lakh more.