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Winter Vegetables Grown on 1,800 Hectares in Mirsarai
Farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, have grown winter vegetables on 1,800 hectares this season, with most crops due at market in 15 days to a month.
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VegetablesSitakunda hill farmer's Rupban bean sales reach Tk 8 lakh, more expected
Mohi Uddin of Banshbaria, Sitakunda, told Jagonews24 in October 2023 that he sold Tk 2.96 lakh of Rupban beans from about 250 decimals of hill land in one market; the report put his season's sales at Tk 8 lakh, with Tk 4 lakh more hoped for.
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A 'Rupban' Bean Revolution on the Hills
Farmers on the hills of Sitakunda, Chattogram, have turned Rupban beans into a thriving crop sold across the country.
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Winter Vegetable Farming in Full Swing in Ishwardi
With autumn giving way to late autumn, farmers across Ishwardi in Pabna are busy planting winter vegetables, some of them early.
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Jhalakathi Farmers Busy With Winter Vegetables
Men and women farmers in Jhalakathi are busy planting and tending winter vegetables, grown commercially and sent to Dhaka and Barishal.
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Drizzle Rots Cauliflower and Cabbage in the Fields
Days of steady rain have brought fungal disease to cauliflower and cabbage in Birampur, Dinajpur, worrying farmers.
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Family Nutrition Gardens Yield Tk 2 Crore of Vegetables a Year
Homestead nutrition gardens set up by about 10,000 families in Thakurgaon with the agriculture department's help are producing vegetables worth crores of taka a year.
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How Ishwardi's Tk 15 Okra Becomes Tk 50 in Dhaka
Okra that Ishwardi farmers sell for Tk 15 a kg reaches Dhaka consumers at Tk 40-50 or more, with middlemen taking the gap.
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Mirsarai Farmers Profit from Yardlong Beans
Farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, are profiting from summer yardlong beans, with good yields and prices drawing more growers to the crop.
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Kaliganj's Kakrol Goes to the Middle East
Pesticide-free kakrol from two safe vegetable villages in Kaliganj, Gazipur, is being sold in Dhaka and exported to the Middle East.
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Mirsharai's Abdul Mannan Profits from Papaya Farming
Abdul Mannan, a young farmer in Mirsharai, Chattogram, is earning well from Red Lady papaya grown between his mango trees, and others are following his lead.
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Student Momin Succeeds in Mushroom Farming Alongside His Studies
A 23-year-old honours student from a remote Bogura village earns about Tk 40,000 a month from a mushroom centre he built with family help.
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Family Nutrition Gardens Produce Vegetables Worth Crores
Families in Nilphamari are meeting their nutrition needs and earning extra income from small government-backed family nutrition gardens.