Vegetables grown in Sherpur this Kharif-2 season are worth about Tk 250 crore, and farmers enjoying good yields and prices want big wholesalers to buy directly from their fields.
Water hyacinth that once choked the Dakatia river is now composted into floating beds on which about 110 farmers in Faridganj grow chemical-free vegetables and seedlings.
Responding to high vegetable prices, Agriculture Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid said monsoon production costs are higher and farmers too have families to feed.
Farmers in Chandipasha Charpara village of Pakundia, Kishoreganj, are earning well from early-season beans grown on small plots at low cost, with one hoping to sell about Tk 2 lakh more.
FruitsAbu Bakar Siddique Sumon, who worked in 22 countries, began growing papaya in Babuganj, Barishal, in 2021. Agriculture department figures cited by Jago News put his five-year sales at about Tk 60 lakh of papaya and Tk 1.6 crore of seedlings, and he says he has trained more than 2,000 people.
VegetablesHeavy rain in early July 2026 caused an officially estimated Tk 13 crore of farm, fisheries and livestock losses in Sitakunda, Chattogram; those affected put the figure at Tk 30-35 crore, and vegetable prices rose by Tk 10-15 a kg.
A physically disabled farmer in Shailkupa, Jhenaidah, faces losses of several lakh taka after miscreants cut down his fruiting bottle gourd plants at night.
Young farmers in Babuganj upazila of Barishal are adopting mulching for vegetables because it cuts costs and raises yields.
Instead of chasing a job, Zahidul Mahmud Sumon of Pirojpur took up integrated farming after watching YouTube, and now earns Tk 10 to 15 lakh a year from papaya, fruit and fish.
CropsIn June 2026 BARI's Regional Horticulture Research Centre at Lebukhali, Patuakhali, was breeding new bean, pumpkin, brinjal, cucumber and okra varieties; its BARI Brinjal-12 and two BARI watermelons had become popular with farmers.
VegetablesArguing that Bangladesh loses 20 to 40 percent of its fruit and vegetables after harvest, agricultural mechanisation researcher Dr Surajit Sarkar called in a Jagonews24 column on 27 June 2026 for small, low-cost cold stores in villages.
VegetablesMoist monsoon soil makes the rainy season a good time to grow okra, bitter gourd, ridge gourd, aubergine and green chilli in balcony or rooftop pots, Jagonews24 advised in June 2026, with good drainage and trellises for the climbers.
Ube, a purple yam long used in Philippine sweets, has taken Western menus by storm, leaving farmers in the Philippines struggling to keep up.
