Braving the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the farmers have exceeded the fixed cultivation target of the less irrigation water consuming Aush paddy crop during this off-season period in Rangpur agriculture region.
Category: Agriculture
6.95 lakh tonnes of Aush rice likely to be produced in Rajshahi division
Above 6.95 lakh tonnes of Aush rice is expected to be produced from 2.50 lakh hectares of land in Rajshahi division during the current season.
Vegetable farming on floating beds popular in Sylhet
Sylhet, June 01 – Vegetable farming on floating beds made of water hyacinth and bamboo in waterbodies or ponds, has drawn a huge response from farmers in different areas of Sylhet district.
Digital agri: Zimbabwe farmers gain but mobile money costly
By Tonderayi Mukeredzi HARARE, May 27 2020 (IPS) – Shurugwi communal farmer, Elizabeth Siyapi (57) can no longer be scammed by unscrupulous middlemen to sell her crops cheaply. Nowadays, before she takes her produce to the market she scours her…
15 Indigenous Crops to Boost Immune System, Celebrate Biodiversity
Danielle Nierenberg May 22, is International Day for Biological Diversity, which the U.N. observes every year to celebrate and honour the natural vibrancy of our world’s ecosystems.
176 thousand hectare crop yield damaged by Cyclone Amphan
According to primary information, Cyclone Amphan damaged 1.76lakh hectares of crop yield across the country.Agriculture Minister Dr. Abdur Razzaque came up with the information from an online press briefing on Thursday.
Khulna farmers in distress with bumper yield of watermelon
Despite bumper production of watermelon in Dakope upazila of Khulna, frustration has gripped the growers as they are fearing huge losses for lack of buyers and low prices due to coronavirus outbreak.
COVID-19 has not slowed down ecological women farmers
Huasao, Peru, May (IPS/Mariela Jara) – It’s eight o’clock in the morning and Pascuala Ninantay is carrying two large containers of water in her wheelbarrow to prepare with neighbouring women farmers 200 litres of organic fertiliser, which will then be…
Kushtia boro paddy farmers eye bumper yield
Farmers in Kushtia are expecting a bumper production of Boro paddy this season as they brought vast tracts of land under cultivation exceeding the target despite labour crisis due to shutdown enforced following coronavirus pandemic.
Boro paddy procurement begins in Khulna through mobile app
Procurement of Boro paddy directly from farmers began on Sunday using mobile app ‘Krishoker Hasi’ in Khulna.
Khulna farmers strike gold with sunflower
Farmers in Koyra upazila of Khulna have been successful in sunflower cultivation on saline soils which used to lie unused after the cultivation of Aman paddy. The farmers of the upazila had, in fact, started farming sunflower on the saline…
Boro paddy harvesting begins in Mymensingh
Mymensingh, May 5: The harvesting of Boro paddy has begun with some early varieties in Mymensingh.
Ex-ODI Captain Mashrafe brings harvesters for Narail farmers
Dhaka, May 03 – Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has arranged some combined harvester machines and other equipment for the farmers of his home district Narail, where sufficient numbers of labour are not available due to lockdown, following deadly Covid-19.
Locust Attack in Teknaf ?
M Zahidul Haque ENTOMOLOGISTS said that the insects which attacked some house’s yards in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar is not locust but a locust-like insect, may be a species of the grasshopper family; some opined a Bombay, India origin. However, the…
62pc boro harvested in haor region: DAE
DHAKA, 29: Farmers have so far harvested about 62 percent of their boro paddy while 14 percent is matured for harvesting in the country’s haor region, according to the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE).
50pc of paddy grown in haors harvested so far: Minister
Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque on Sunday said farmers have already harvested 50 percent paddy from fields in the haor areas.
Boro paddy harvesting starts in Netrakona haor areas
Netrokona, April 21 – The harvesting of Boro paddy started in the haor areas of Netrakona district in the current week.
Addressing the effects of COVID-19 on Bangladesh agriculture
Prof. Dr. Md. Sekender Ali The Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic is a crisis of a completely different magnitude and it requires a response of unprecedented scale. Public and private Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services (AEAS) of Bangladesh should come…
PM Hasina unveils fresh stimulus of Tk 50 bn for agriculture
Dhaka, April 12 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday announced a new stimulus package of Tk 50 billion to provide financial assistance to small and medium farmers in rural areas for boosting agricultural production facing the fallout of Covid-19.
Labour shortage hits Boro harvest in Sunamganj over virus
Although Boro paddy in haror areas of Sunamganj is almost ripe, farmers are worried about its harvesting due to the crisis of farm workers amid partial lockdown in different parts of the country and suspension of transport movement following coronavirus…
Changing weather spells doom for unprepared Pakistan farmers
By Xari Jalil Mar 13 2020 (IPS) – Unpredictable weather patterns in the form of excessive or prolonged rainfall are wreaking havoc for farmers across Pakistan as sowing and harvesting periods are severely affected.
Farmers benefiting from “BAU Soil Testing Kit”
Mymensingh, Feb 08 – Farmers are benefiting from the use of “BAU Soil Testing Kit”, a special soil testing device developed by the Soil Science department of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU). It measures the soil quality of the cultivated land…
Faridpur farmers losing interest in Boro crops
A high production cost and low prices of the products have led to a decline in Boro cultivation in Faridpur over the years as frustrated farmers go for cash crops.
UPOV 1991: A threat to Asia’s seeds
Under the rules of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), virtually all countries of the world must provide intellectual property rights on plant varieties.
Untimely rain delaying onion harvest in Faridpur
The untimely rain which hit many parts of the country over the last three days since Thursday is delaying the harvest of locally-grown onion in Faridpur region.
Rangpur region produces record 18-lakh tonnes Aman rice
The farmers produced an all-time record 18.01-lakh tonnes of clean Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) rice (27-lakh tonnes paddy) despite little damage caused to the crop by floods in Rangpur agriculture region this season.
Loss of biodiversity causes yield reduction
Over the past half-century, the need to feed a growing world population has led to markedly expanded and intensified agricultural production. This transformation has led to the degradation of the global environment. The loss of biodiversity can disrupt key ecosystem…
Virus attack wreaks havoc to tomato fields in Chapainawabganj
Rajshahi, Dec 16 – Farmers in Chapainawabganj are struggling to contain an unidentified virus ravaging the tomato fields across the district.
Fall Armyworm: Cause of concern for Chuadanga maize farmers
Dhaka, Dec 13 – The lethal Fall Armyworms that arrived in Bangladesh in 2018 after ravaging cornfields of the Sub-Saharan Africa, have attacked cornfields in the district of Chuadanga, and are spreading fast compared to last year, causing worries to…
A just transition to agroecology must to climate action
Governments spend large public funds on corporations that expand global industrial livestock and feed production. The expansion in factory farms, and loss of smaller, independent producers, is largely responsible for the steady increase in U.S.-based agriculture-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.