Prospects of agro-processing enterprises is bright in the Rajshahi region as it produces surplus crops especially food-grains, fruits and vegetables, business leaders, bankers, agronomists and researchers reveal.
Category: Biodiversity
Concern at Sunderbans risks not coal-fired project: German envoy
German ambassador in Dhaka Albrecht Conze’s concerns about the Bangladesh-India joint Rampal power plant are not directed at a coal-fired project but the environmental risk it poses to the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest. The ambassador said on Tuesday…
Bumper banana production expected in CHT
Growers and Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) are expecting a bumper production of banana in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) during the current season.
Farmers expect bumper Boro production in Gaibandha, likely to fall in Rangpur
Farmers of all the seven upazilas in the district are expecting a bumper production of Boro paddy during the current season.
Steps taken to increase betel leaf production in Narsingdi
Farmers of Monohardi upazila of the district have taken steps to increase betel leaf (Pan) production and they have raised a number of betel field (boraj) as they are getting fair price.
Conservation technology boosts cereal crop production: Experts
Large-scale adoption of Conservation Agriculture (CA)-based technologies could increase cereal crop output at reduced cost to ensure food security under adverse climate, experts at a farmers’ field day said.
Farmers adopt perching method to prevent pest attack
The perching method in agriculture has gained popularity in six upazilas of the district.
Govt. incentives popularizing Aus farming in N-region
The special government incentives, being provided directly to the farmers, have become effective in popularizing cultivation of short duration Aus rice in the northern regions, official sources said.
Tremendous success in animal husbandry, poultry in char areas
The extremely poor people living in char areas have achieved tremendous success in animal husbandry and poultry sectors ushering in a new hope through improving their socioeconomic condition in recent years.
Super bumper wheat production in northern region
A super bumper wheat production has been achieved in the northern region this season breaking all previous records brightening prospect in the national agro-economy and food security despite climate change impacts.
Farmers eye bumper Boro yield in Biswanath
Farmers and agriculture officials are expecting bumper production of Boro paddy at Biswanath upazila of the district in the current season.
Crop harvest begins on dried up riverbeds, charlands
Harvest of different variety crops, including local variety early Boro, cultivated on the dried up riverbeds and low-lying charlands on the Brahmaputra basin in the northern region, has already started.
Ancient plants ‘frozen in time’ by space impacts
Ancient plant material has been preserved in the glass formed by asteroids hitting the Earth, scientists report.
Ancient shark discovery may rewrite evolutionary history
Sharks are often seen as “living fossils,” examples of evolutionary excellence that have not altered their design significantly since they came into existence.
Massive programme for off-season parija rice cultivation
RDRS Bangladesh, a reputed NGO, has taken a massive programme for cultivation of the off- season, eco-friendly, short duration and indigenous variety parija rice everywhere in Rangpur division this season.
Bumper wheat production is expected in Faridpur
Bumper wheat production is expected in the district in the current season.
Training on Tilapia fish production in Jamalpur
A day-long training on ‘Tilapia Fish Fries Nursing’ aimed at boosting fish production in the country was held at Islampur upazila on Wednesday.
Bed-planting method crops farming gains popularity in Rajshahi region
By dint of much interest among the farmers and others concerned, acreage of crop farming especially wheat in bed-planting method has started gaining popularity in the region including its vast barind tract for the last couple of years.
Recommendations to check flashfloods at Muria Haor fall on deaf ears
Although Boro rice cultivation at Muria Haor in the district is frequently affected by flashfloods, the government has taken no remedial measures so far.
Biodiversity in river basins discussed
Patna: Experts from Bangladesh and different parts of the country participated in the symposium jointly organized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Patna University, and University of Chittagong, Bangladesh, on Saturday. As many as 47 participants discussed…
Greens call for protecting Baily Road nursery
Citizens on Saturday demanded the government take immediate steps to stop developing lands of the 90-year-old government nursery in Baily Road area of the city. They organised a sit-in programme in front of the Fine Arts Faculty at Dhaka University…
Bumper Boro production likely in Narsingdi
The farmers in the district have cultivated Boro paddy on 54,710 hectares of land during the current season and expecting a bumper production of the yield.
Bumper production of Boro expected in Panchagarh
The farmers of the district are expecting bumper production of Boro paddy in the current season.
Optimum and safer use of pesticides underscored
Experts at a training workshop have underscored the need for optimum and safer use of chemical pesticides in crop fields to save the agro-products from poisonous contamination that causes harms to the public health.
Farmers produce 2.94 lakh tonnes mustard in N’region
The farmers have produced over 2.94 lakh tonnes of mustard oilseeds during this Rabi season after completion of harvest everywhere in the northern region a couple of weeks ago, official sources said.
Satkhira farmers getting inclined to sunflower cultivation
Farmers in Satkhira are getting interested in cultivating sunflower gradually finding it to be a profitable venture for their economic uplift.
Bumper wheat production makes farmers happy in Dinajpur
Bumper wheat production has brought smile on the face of farmers of all the 13 upazilas in the district as they got fair price for the crop during the current season.
Magura farmers take delight in bumper vegetable yield
Farmers in Magura district have seen a bumper production of vegetables in the current season much to their delight.
Giant pythons have ‘homing instinct’
Pythons captured and relocated in Florida’s Everglades – where they are an invasive species – returned 23 miles (36km) to their original start point.
Govt to buy Boro at Tk 31 per kg
The government will buy Boro rice at Tk 31 per kg, raising the procurement price by Tk 2 over the last season.