Vegetables
Agriculture Information Service Explains How to Care for Chilli Plants
The Agriculture Information Service has set out how to control dieback, fruit rot and lesion disease in chilli plants.
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Tomatoes Worth 2.5 Lakh Stolen, Farmer Goes to Police
A woman farmer in Karnataka's Hassan district has filed a police case after 50-60 bags of tomatoes, worth 2.5 lakh by her account, were stolen from her field.
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Mominur Succeeds With Mulch Vegetable Farming in Sharsha
A 65-year-old Sharsha farmer has done well growing hybrid vegetables with plastic mulch, selling more than Tk 1 lakh worth so far.
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629 Farmers in Narail Set Up Family Nutrition Gardens
Family nutrition gardens are catching on in Narail, where 629 farmers in the Sadar upazila have planted vegetables on fallow land and around their homes.
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Farmers in Sharsha take more interest in growing mukhi kachu
Farmers in Sharsha, Jashore, are turning to mukhi kachu (sarkachu) because it is profitable, needs less fertiliser, has few diseases and has a ready wholesale market.
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Vegetables sell at ten times their production cost
A kilo of pointed gourd that costs a farmer Tk 7.5 to grow reaches Dhaka shoppers at up to Tk 80, as vegetable prices rise tenfold through the hands of middlemen.
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Nutrition Gardens at Government Offices Meet Vegetable Needs in Kumarkhali
Vegetable and fruit gardens planted at government offices across Kumarkhali upazila in Kushtia are feeding staff families and encouraging visitors to grow their own.
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No Formalin in Fruits and Vegetables: Food Safety Authority
The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority has issued a public notice saying formalin plays no role in preserving fruits and vegetables.
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Farmer Omar Faruk's Success with Sweet Pumpkin
A haor farmer in Kishoreganj's Tarail upazila has turned from rice to sweet pumpkin and sold about Tk 10 lakh worth of the crop in three months.
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Tomatoes Bring Smiles to Sonagazi Farmers
Around 200 farmers in nine unions of Sonagazi upazila in Feni have profited from a bumper tomato crop and good prices.
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Kochu Lati Changes Farmers' Fortunes in Joypurhat
Latiraj taro grown for its stolons, or lati, has changed the fortunes of farmers in Joypurhat's Panchbibi and is now exported to about 20 countries.
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Climate-Smart Technology Brings Crops to Fallow Coastal Land
Poly mulch, solar-powered drip irrigation and mini ponds under a DAE climate-smart project are letting farmers in coastal Khulna grow crops on saline, fallow land.
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Abdur Rouf Profits from Integrated Farming in Badalgachhi
A Badalgachhi farmer who turned four bighas into an integrated fruit and crop farm has added chia seed this year and hopes to expand if he can sell it.