Vegetables
Safe, Nutritious Food Through Good Agricultural Practices
Safe food cannot be guaranteed by processing alone, the writer argues, so Good Agricultural Practices must be followed at every stage of the food chain.
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Winter Vegetable Farming in Full Swing in Ishwardi
With autumn giving way to late autumn, farmers across Ishwardi in Pabna are busy planting winter vegetables, some of them early.
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Jhalakathi Farmers Busy With Winter Vegetables
Men and women farmers in Jhalakathi are busy planting and tending winter vegetables, grown commercially and sent to Dhaka and Barishal.
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Drizzle Rots Cauliflower and Cabbage in the Fields
Days of steady rain have brought fungal disease to cauliflower and cabbage in Birampur, Dinajpur, worrying farmers.
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1,886 Hectares of Paddy and Vegetable Land Under Water in Kishoreganj
Two days of continuous rain have flooded 1,886 hectares of paddy and vegetable land in Kishoreganj, including 1,620 hectares of transplanted Aman.
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Family Nutrition Gardens Yield Tk 2 Crore of Vegetables a Year
Homestead nutrition gardens set up by about 10,000 families in Thakurgaon with the agriculture department's help are producing vegetables worth crores of taka a year.
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Tk 7 Crore of Pesticide Used on Bean Farming in Ishwardi Alone
Bean farmers in Ishwardi, Pabna, spend thousands of taka a bigha on pesticide, adding up to some Tk 7 crore a year, as officials warn of harm to health and soil.
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How Ishwardi's Tk 15 Okra Becomes Tk 50 in Dhaka
Okra that Ishwardi farmers sell for Tk 15 a kg reaches Dhaka consumers at Tk 40-50 or more, with middlemen taking the gap.
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Mirsarai Farmers Profit from Yardlong Beans
Farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, are profiting from summer yardlong beans, with good yields and prices drawing more growers to the crop.
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What to Do in Vegetable Growing in the Month of Ashwin
The Bengali month of Ashwin is the time to prepare soil and seedbeds and sow winter vegetables, in fields and rooftop gardens alike.
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Kaliganj's Kakrol Goes to the Middle East
Pesticide-free kakrol from two safe vegetable villages in Kaliganj, Gazipur, is being sold in Dhaka and exported to the Middle East.
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Bitter Gourd Worth Nearly Tk 5 Lakh Sold Every Day in Satkhira's 'Bitter Gourd Village'
Bitter gourd farming has changed the fortunes of more than a hundred families in Hatchhala village of Shyamnagar, Satkhira, which now sells about 300 maunds a day.
Vegetables
Mirsharai's Abdul Mannan Profits from Papaya Farming
Abdul Mannan, a young farmer in Mirsharai, Chattogram, is earning well from Red Lady papaya grown between his mango trees, and others are following his lead.