Noakhali Farmers Succeed Growing Vegetables With the Sorjan Method
The Indonesian Sorjan method of raised beds and trellises over water now covers 2,071 hectares in Noakhali and produces about Tk 55 crore of vegetables a year.
The Indonesian Sorjan method of raised beds and trellises over water now covers 2,071 hectares in Noakhali and produces about Tk 55 crore of vegetables a year.
Chicken, egg and vegetable prices rose further in Dhaka's markets within a week, traders blaming lower farm output and rain-damaged crops.
After a bumper harvest, potatoes from Joypurhat's Kalai upazila are being exported to Malaysia, Singapore, Japan and other countries.
A self-taught vegetable grower in Jhalakathi's Gabkhan village earns about a lakh taka a season from a Tk 20,000 outlay.
AgribusinessA month-by-month guide to what to sow, plant and harvest in Bangladesh's vegetable plots and orchards through the Kharif-1, Kharif-2 and Rabi seasons, from Baishakh to Chaitra, checked against the Agriculture Information Service.
A farmer in Bhola Sadar has changed his fortunes growing bottle gourd, and other villagers are following his lead.
AgribusinessSeveral hundred farmers in Sujanagar, Pabna, changed their fortunes by growing winter tomatoes on Padma chars for the first time. The upazila agriculture office said they would earn about Tk 2 crore from tomato sales in the 2019-20 season.
An agriculture department innovation is turning unused land along the Gaibandha-Saghata regional highway into vegetable gardens for local families.
The floating lemon market at Bhimruli in Jhalakathi is in full swing, with lemons from 22 villages shipped to districts across Bangladesh.
Potato farmers in Jashore fear a serious crop failure this year after severe cold and dense fog brought late blight to their fields.
Farmers in Chakla village of Taraganj, Rangpur, have turned from loss-making rice and potato to year-round commercial vegetable growing, and many have prospered.
Floating vegetable beds on 150 hectares of water have given farmers of Satla beel in Barishal's Wazirpur a new income during the flooded months.
Rina Begum of Delduar in Tangail has changed her own fortunes and her village by growing poison-free crops and saving seeds.