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Farmers Can't Break Even While Middlemen Make Tk 20 a Kg
Vegetables rise by Tk 30-40 a kg between Tarakandi wholesale market and Kishoreganj town, leaving farmers short-changed while middlemen profit.
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Kurigram Farmers Busy Planting Potatoes
Encouraged by good prices last year, farmers across Kurigram, including on the river chars, are busy planting potatoes on a target of 7,100 hectares.
Vegetables
Tangail Farmers Busy Growing Winter Vegetables
Farmers in Tangail, hit by heavy rain and floods this year, are busy growing winter vegetables to make up their losses.
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Special Train Leaves Chapainawabganj Without Vegetables
The special vegetable train left Rohanpur station in Chapainawabganj on its first day without a single consignment of produce.
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Students Now Selling Vegetables at Low Prices in Chattogram
To break the market syndicate, the Students Against Discrimination movement has begun selling vegetables at fair prices in Chattogram, in some cases Tk 30-35 below market.
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Mymensingh Floods Cause Tk 322 Crore Loss to Rice and Vegetables
As floodwater recedes in three Mymensingh upazilas, farmers count losses of Tk 322.46 crore to Aman rice and vegetables.
Vegetables
Haor Farmers Try to Recover With New Seedlings
Flood-hit farmers in Sunamganj's haor region are starting winter vegetables with cheap, high-yield seedlings raised in a local poly house.
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Bitter Gourd Farming Brings High Profit at Low Cost
Farmers in Joypurhat are expanding bitter gourd cultivation after good profits, with traders buying straight from the fields at Tk 1,500-1,600 a maund.
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Grow These Three Salad Ingredients in the Rainy Season
Cucumber, radish and green chilli, the key salad ingredients in Bangladesh, can all be grown in the rainy season, when they give higher yields.
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Which Vegetables to Grow in June
With the monsoon usually starting in June, the month's weather and soil suit almost every kind of vegetable, provided growers choose high land and keep fields drained.
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Foods That Dehydrate the Body in Hot Weather
Besides drinking enough water, it helps to know which foods can dehydrate the body in hot weather.
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Vegetables Sell for a Pittance in Thakurgaon as Output Rises
A bumper harvest has pushed vegetable prices in Thakurgaon so low that tomato growers get only Tk 3-5 a kg, while shoppers still pay Tk 15-20.
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Farmers Worried About Vegetables in the Heatwave
Days of relentless heat have Chandpur farmers fearing losses to their seasonal vegetables, while the agriculture department promises advice.