Crops
Nilphamari Farmers Take to Intercropping in Banana Fields
Banana growers across Nilphamari's six upazilas are raising potatoes, vegetables and pulses between their banana plants to earn more from the same land.
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Vegetables
Make Rolls with Winter Vegetables
With winter vegetables plentiful in the market, here is a quick recipe for vegetable rolls to serve with tea on a winter evening.
Vegetables
Mirsarai Bean Farmers Count the Days to a Good Harvest
Bean growers in Mirsarai, known as the vegetable basket of north Chattogram, are waiting on a good harvest from about 650 hectares, though fog is shedding flowers.
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Cauliflower or Cabbage: Which Should You Eat for More Nutrition?
An Indian nutritionist weighs the nutritional value of cauliflower and cabbage and advises eating both, but not more than a cup a day.
Vegetables
Beef Prices Edge Down Slightly
After staying high for a long time, beef prices in Dhaka have eased slightly to Tk 720-750 a kg from Tk 800.
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Vegetable Farming and Goat and Sheep Rearing Turn Fortunes Around
With free goats, sheep and winter vegetable seeds from the non-profit Friendship, 120 families in Joykha village of Mongla are overcoming poverty.
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Sharsha Farmer Ataur Profits From Early Beans
A farmer in Sharsha, Jashore, is making good money from an early summer crop of IPSA-1 hybrid beans.
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Mirsarai Farmers Profit From Early Cucumbers
Farmers in Mirsarai are earning good prices from early cucumbers, and the area under the crop is growing each year.
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Winter Vegetables Turn Around Fortunes of Jajira Farmers
Good soil and favourable weather have made winter vegetable farming profitable in Jajira upazila of Shariatpur, with produce now sold in Dhaka and other districts.
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Nilphamari Farmers Plant Early Potatoes Hoping to Double Their Profit
Farmers in Nilphamari are planting early potatoes on high land in the hope that new-season prices will double their profit.
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Winter Vegetables Grown on 1,800 Hectares in Mirsarai
Farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, have grown winter vegetables on 1,800 hectares this season, with most crops due at market in 15 days to a month.
VegetablesSitakunda hill farmer's Rupban bean sales reach Tk 8 lakh, more expected
Mohi Uddin of Banshbaria, Sitakunda, told Jagonews24 in October 2023 that he sold Tk 2.96 lakh of Rupban beans from about 250 decimals of hill land in one market; the report put his season's sales at Tk 8 lakh, with Tk 4 lakh more hoped for.
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A 'Rupban' Bean Revolution on the Hills
Farmers on the hills of Sitakunda, Chattogram, have turned Rupban beans into a thriving crop sold across the country.