Seedbed Raised on Borrowed Money Destroyed in Feud
A farmer in Alfadanga, Faridpur, has accused rivals of destroying his winter vegetable seedbed overnight, a loss he puts at about Tk 3 lakh.
A farmer in Alfadanga, Faridpur, has accused rivals of destroying his winter vegetable seedbed overnight, a loss he puts at about Tk 3 lakh.
With favourable weather and good prices, farmers in Fulbari, Dinajpur, have started growing cauliflower ahead of the usual season.
A 23-year-old honours student from a remote Bogura village earns about Tk 40,000 a month from a mushroom centre he built with family help.
Beans are a popular, protein-rich vegetable in Bangladesh, and the best time to sow them is from the Bengali month of Asar to Bhadra.
Bottle gourd, rich in calcium and vitamin C, can be sown twice a year, and careful fertiliser, irrigation and weeding can bring 140-150 kg a decimal.
With the month of Bhadra and autumn under way and water all around, farmers can sow bottle gourd and beans on slightly higher ground.
Families in Nilphamari are meeting their nutrition needs and earning extra income from small government-backed family nutrition gardens.
After working in 22 countries, Abu Bakar Siddique Sumon has turned to commercial papaya farming at home in Barishal's Babuganj and expects to sell Tk 20 lakh worth this year.
Farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, led by Ujjal Majumder, are earning well from summer hybrid tomatoes at a time when tomato prices are high.
Taro farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, expect to sell Tk 6.5 crore worth of taro this season, most of which has already gone to market.
Kamranga shim, a climbing bean whose flowers, pods, vines, leaves and roots are all edible, suits hill districts and homestead gardens and needs little water or fertiliser.
Vegetables are cheaper in Khulna's markets, but fish prices have not fallen as supply is still low after the fishing ban ended.
Farmers in Mirsharai have had a bumper okra harvest this season, with the crop worth an estimated Tk 2.62 crore.