Crops
Cashew and Coffee Are Changing Farming in the Hills
A cashew and coffee project is drawing hill farmers away from jhum cultivation, while processors and big corporate groups move into the trade.
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Environment
Woman Dies of Snakebite on Stepping Into Her Father's House in Dinajpur
A 30-year-old woman visiting her father's home in Birampur, Dinajpur, died after a snake bit her as she stood at the door.
Crops
Goat Rearing: A Tool for Women's Economic Freedom
With little land or capital needed, goat rearing gives rural families, and women in particular, an affordable and sustainable source of income.
Bangladesh
Woman Injured in Wild Bear Attack in Bandarban
A 32-year-old woman, Esther Bawm, was injured in a wild bear attack in the Chimbuk area of Bandarban.
Organic
Shikha Rani Becomes a Role Model by Making Vermicompost
A national award-winning woman in Satkhira's Kalaroa has turned home-made organic fertiliser into a business producing about 150 maunds of compost a month.
Environment
Woman Dies After Snake Hidden in Pot Bites Her in Gafargaon
A 50-year-old woman in Gafargaon, Mymensingh, died after a snake hiding in a clay pot bit her as she reached inside.
AgribusinessEighteen Bede women in Khulna leave nomadic life to run small businesses
Eighteen Bede women at Seven Number Ghat in Khulna gave up a wandering livelihood and earned from cloth, bags, groceries, vegetables and goats after 10 days of training from the NGO Rupantar in 2022, Jagonews24 reported.
Crops
Women's Labour Drives a Bean Revolution in Ishwardi
Commercial bean farming in Ishwardi, Pabna, relies mostly on women, who do nearly all the crop care from sowing to harvest, farmers and officials say.
Environment
Missing Woman's Body Found Inside Python a Day Later
The body of a woman in Indonesia's Sulawesi region was recovered from inside a giant python a day after she went missing.
FruitsIshwardi's women litchi workers earn less than men who climb the trees
In the 2024 harvest, 25,000-30,000 women sorting and counting litchis in Ishwardi, Pabna, were paid Tk 400-500 a day; they said they earned less than men for equal work, while growers said men are paid more for climbing the trees.
Environment
Woman Bitten by Snake in Her Sleep Dies in Hospital
A 45-year-old housewife, Sajeda Begum, died at Chuadanga Sadar Hospital after a snake bit her while she slept in Ariar Chak village.
Agribusiness
Man Kills Wife and Child by Releasing Venomous Snake in Their Room
A man in India's Odisha state has been arrested after his wife and two-year-old daughter died from the bites of a cobra he allegedly released in their room.
Environment
Mistaken for a Frog Bite, Snakebite Kills Expatriate's Wife
A 21-year-old woman in Madaripur's Kalkini died of a snakebite after her family, seeing a frog at the spot, assumed a frog had bitten her.