After seven years of crossing and selection, a Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University professor has developed SAU Red Ruby, a firm, sweet, striped tomato variety.
Farmers in Ishwardi are growing vegetables and native fruit along both sides of village roads and on field ridges, with advice and seedlings from the agriculture office.
Farmers in Sirajganj are getting good prices for cucumber, with hundreds of tonnes traded daily at depots and sent to Dhaka, Chattogram, Bogura and Sylhet.
Commercial cultivation of nutritious purple cauliflower has begun in Joypurhat for the first time, with a farming couple in Bhadsa earning good prices from a 15-decimal trial plot.
Two farmers in Sreepur, Magura, have successfully grown cauliflower in seven colours, drawing crowds and interest from neighbours with its higher price.
Tomato growers in Rajbari fear losses in the peak season, with yields at less than half of last year's and wholesale prices down to Tk 13-17 a kg.
Farmers in Sylhet's Golapganj have grown the special Goalgadda bean for decades, and after meeting local demand it is exported to 13 countries.
Red amaranth can be grown year-round in almost every region of the country, and well-managed plots can yield about 500kg of greens a bigha.
Winter tomato growers in Sunamganj are reporting yields of 25-35 tonnes and profits of Tk 5-6 lakh a hectare, and more farmers are taking up the crop.
A bumper capsicum crop in Bhola has met low wholesale prices, leaving farmers unsure whether they will even recover their costs.
With the Bengali month of Magh under way, the Agriculture Information Service has advised farmers on Boro, wheat, maize, potato, cotton, fruit trees and other crops.
Growing vegetables and local fruit on pond banks has changed the fortunes of fish farmers in Ishwardi, Pabna.
Farmers on Jamalpur's river chars grow valuable crops but say broken roads and difficult river crossings deny them fair prices and quick access to hospitals.
