Vegetables
Two Cousins' Rooftop Garden in Dhaka's Banasree
Two cousins, Esha and Lamia, have turned the roof of their home in Banasree, Dhaka, into a garden of flowers, fruit and vegetables.
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Vegetable Farming
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Tk 26 Crore of Ash Gourd to Be Sold in Netrokona
A bumper ash gourd crop on once-fallow land in Netrokona is expected to be worth Tk 26 crore this season.
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Coloured Cauliflower Grown for the First Time in Kawkhali
A farmer in Kawkhali, Rangamati, has harvested more than 3,000 kg of coloured cauliflower from a one-bigha trial plot, the first in the upazila.
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Ali Hossain Succeeds With Coloured Cauliflower at First Try
A 75-year-old retired soldier in Kaliganj, Gazipur, has succeeded at his first attempt at growing yellow and purple cauliflower.
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BARI Alu-90 Alouette Potatoes Weigh 400 Grams Each for Lalmonirhat Farmer
In Hatibandha, Lalmonirhat, farmer Mokchhedul Haque's BARI Alu-90 Alouette potatoes weigh around 400 grams each, with a harvest of 101 maunds a bigha.
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Farmers Frustrated as Tomatoes Cost Double in Retail Markets
Despite a bumper tomato crop in Mirsharai and Sitakunda, farmers are selling at Tk 10-12 a kg and struggling to cover costs while the same tomatoes sell for Tk 25-30 at retail.
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Three Mirsharai Farmers Succeed With Coloured Cauliflower for First Time
Three farmers in Mirsharai, Chattogram, have succeeded with coloured cauliflower for the first time, growing it as demonstration plots of the upazila agriculture office.
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Purple Cabbage Grown in Thakurgaon
Purple cabbage, which needs little care and irrigation and suffers few diseases, is being grown for the first time in several upazilas of Thakurgaon.
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Mirsharai Teacher Lokman Succeeds With Broccoli
College teacher Md Lokman Hossain has succeeded with broccoli in Mirsharai, Chattogram, having grown the vegetable for 14 years alongside his teaching.
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Unguarded Sluice Gate Floods Fields, Destroying Crops on Hundred Bighas
Water entering through an unrepaired regulator on a BWDB irrigation canal in Santhia, Pabna, has damaged crops on more than a hundred bighas.
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Monjurul's Colourful Cauliflowers Cause a Stir in Sharsha
Monjurul Ahsan of Sharsha, Jashore, has succeeded with yellow and purple cauliflowers, and buyers come to his field every day.
Vegetables
400 Pigeons Killed by Poison Laid in Pea Field
Around 400 pigeons died in Manirampur, Jashore, after a farmer laid poison in his pea field, sparking tension in the village.
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The Upazila That Sells Tk 900 Crore of Vegetables a Year
Vegetable farming has brought a quiet revolution to more than 50 villages in several unions of Thakurgaon Sadar upazila, which the agriculture department says sell about Tk 900 crore of vegetables a year.