How to Grow Vegetables on Field Ridges
Farmers can bring the growing area of field ridges under vegetables, earning extra income and helping control rice pests without harming the main crop.
Farmers can bring the growing area of field ridges under vegetables, earning extra income and helping control rice pests without harming the main crop.
Garlic-kerosene and onion extracts can control many crop pests and diseases without chemical pesticides, cutting costs and keeping produce safe.
Farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, have grown taro on 150 acres this year, with growers and harvest labourers alike earning a good income from the crop.
Yardlong bean plants are prone to leaf yellowing and leaf spot, and farmers can manage both with field hygiene, aphid control and timely sprays.
Elephant foot yam farming has been expanding in Bandarban for several years because the hill soil suits the crop and it gives high yields at low cost.
Nurun Nahar Begum has turned the 1,500 sq ft roof of her six-storey home in Siddhirganj into a garden of more than 250 fruit, flower, vegetable and medicinal plants.
Several vegetables can be sown in Shraban (mid-July to mid-August), and sowing on time with well-prepared soil is key to success.
Farmers in Muladuli union of Ishwardi, one of the country's main bean-growing areas, are hoping for profits from their early 'Auto' bean crop.
The opening of the Padma Bridge has given Jhalakathi a direct road route to Dhaka, and farmers say they are now getting fair prices for their produce.
The government has approved a Tk 27.06 crore project to build a vapour heat treatment plant at Gabtoli to extend mango shelf life and increase exports of mangoes and fresh vegetables.
Brinjal is in demand all year and profitable to grow, but farmers need the right methods, from seedbed to harvest, to get a good yield.
Miscreants cut down 352 trees in farmer Mominur Rahman's six-bigha malta orchard at Kaliganj in Lalmonirhat, causing a loss he puts at over Tk 15 lakh.
Floods have damaged crops, fish farms and cattle farms across Bangladesh, and a prolonged flood could hurt Aus and Aman rice and overall food production.