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Papaya Farming Changes the Fortunes of Gaibandha's Abdus Samad
A farmer in Palashbari upazila of Gaibandha has changed his fortunes by growing a high-yielding papaya on four bighas.
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Vegetable Farming
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Vegetables Flourish in the Yard of Guimara Police Station
The officer-in-charge of Guimara police station in Khagrachhari has turned fallow land in the station yard into a vegetable garden and is planting a fruit orchard.
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Feni Farmers Rush to Grow Early Vegetables for Better Profit
Farmers across Feni's six upazilas are busy growing early winter vegetables in the hope of higher prices at the start of the season.
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Kurigram Farmers Try to Recover with Winter Vegetables
Farmers in flood-hit Kurigram are trying to recover by growing early winter vegetables, with production under way on 710 of 7,250 target hectares.
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Dinajpur Farmers Busy Planting Early Potatoes
Farmers in Dinajpur are busy planting early potatoes on land cleared of short-duration aman, hoping for higher prices, though fertiliser costs are a worry.
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Cyclone Raises Fears for Aman and Vegetables in Mirsarai
Farmers in Mirsarai fear losses after Cyclone Sitrang's rain and wind flattened aman seedlings and flooded winter vegetable fields.
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Mirsarai Farmers Happy With Yardlong Bean Prices
Good yields and wholesale prices of Tk 45-50 a kg have made yardlong bean farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, happy this season.
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Fourth Farmers' Market Opens in Azimpur
Dhaka South City Corporation's fourth farmers' market opened in Azimpur, giving vetted farmers from Savar a place to sell safe vegetables and fruit.
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Winter Vegetables Grown on 1,200 Hectares in Mirsarai
Mirsarai farmers are growing winter vegetables on 1,200 hectares, with early sellers already getting good prices.
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'Pepe Badsha', Hero of Pabna's Vegetable Revolution, Helps Hundreds of Young Men Stand on Their Own Feet
Shahjahan Ali Badsha of Ishwardi, known as Pepe Badsha, turned a two-bigha plot into a 200-bigha farm and has inspired more than a hundred young men in Pabna.
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Farmers' Vegetables and Fruit Go to Waste Without Specialised Cold Storage
Farmers in Ishwardi, Pabna, have long demanded specialised cold storage so they are not forced to sell perishable vegetables and fruit cheaply in peak season.
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Squash Farmer Faces Losses in Kurigram, No Help From Agriculture Department
Saidul Islam's four-bigha squash field on a Dharla river char in Kurigram was ruined by mosaic disease after heavy rain, and he says the agriculture department has offered no help.
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Farmers' Market Opens at Mohammadpur Housing Society
A weekly farmers' market where ten DAE-vetted safe growers from Bhakurta, Savar, will sell their produce directly to consumers opened in Dhaka on 14 October.