Pumpkin cultivation has brought fortune to over 15,000 extremely poor families, mostly erosion victims, living in remote sandy-barren charlands in greater Rangpur in recent years, official and NGO sources said.
Category: Agriculture
Low paddy price worries Dinajpur farmers
The farmers of the district were in an upbeat mood with the bountiful production of Boro paddy this time, but its low price, caused by the delay in launching the government’s procurement drive, has robbed of their delight.
Huge Boro rice procurement from N’region
The government has started procuring 5,30,646 tonnes of Boro rice and 51,375 tonnes of paddy from the country’s northern region during this Boro season.
Test cultivation by using organic fertiliser, pesticide
An initiative has been taken in Jhalakathi to use organic fertiliser and pesticide to produce poison-free boro paddy this year instead of chemical pesticides.
Cyclone wreaks havoc to crops shrimp farms
Incessant rainfall for the last three days has caused colossal damage to agriculture inundating vast tracts of low lying areas in Koyra and Paikgachha upazilas of the district.
Plantation of indigenous parija paddy seedlings ends
The farmers successfully completed plantation of the off season and short duration indigenous parija paddy seedlings today in Rangpur division as an additional Aus crop, officials and experts said.
Highest production of litchi worth Tk500 crore in Pabna
Despite hostile weather and some other difficulties, production of litchi in the district has been more than the target this year as farmers used various technologies.
Farmers frustrated over low price of paddy in Dupchanchia
Md. Emdadul Haque, Dupchanchia The boro paddy growers are frustrated though they are getting bumper yield of it’s. They could not afford to get profit under Dupchanchia upazila in Bogra district due to its low market price this year. Most…
Bumper harvest makes litchi growers happy
The litchi growers are happy now following a bumper production with lucrative prices of the delicious, juicy and fleshy seasonal fruit that has already appeared everywhere in the northern region.
Bumper watermelon harvest in Thakurgaon
Watermelon growers of Thakurgaon district have achieved a bumper production and are getting fair price of the fruit this year. Favourable weather and absence of virus attack helped the growers achieve the feat this season.
Jhalakathi farmers beam at good sesame yield
Farmers in the district are taking delight in the highest production of sesame seeds they have got this season. This year, sesame was cultivated on 800 hectares of land in the district against the targeted 1,049 hectares. Sources said being…
Boro paddy harvest on in Khulna Division
BSS, Jessore Harvest of Irri-Boro paddy is progressing fast in ten districts of Khulna division during the current season with much enthusiasm to the farmers. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said, farmers of the 10 south-western districts cultivated Irri-Boro…
Bumper onion production in Faridpur
Onion production in Faridpur district has exceeded the target bringing smile on the face of the farmers in the just concluded season. Onion, an important ingredients in the list of spices, was cultivated on 29 thousand 500 hectare of land…
Farmers switching to okra farming in Narsingdi
Cultivation of okra (ladies finger) is becoming popular among the farmers in six upazila of Narsingdi district. They are going for extensive farming of the green vegetable to recoup the losses form boro paddy. Farmers in the district failed to…
Wheat procurement drive yet to start
Wheat farmers in the district are being deprived of getting fair price as district food department has not yet started wheat procurement drive though one and half month is going to expire after government’s direction to start wheat procurement drive…
Drought-tolerant paddy seed sought in Barind areas
Farmers in the vast Barind tract needed more drought-tolerant and short-duration varieties of paddy seed to bring diversity in the farming system, speakers at a daylong seminar said.
Aromatic rice Cultivation getting popular in Narsingdi
After achieving self-sufficiency in food grains, farmers of Narsingdi district are now inspire to cultivate more aromatic rice Banglamoti due to economic prospect of the crop Banglamoti rice is famous for special flavor and fineness. It is mostly use in…
Farmers advised to use balanced fertilizers
Agri experts in a function here yesterday urged the farmers to use balanced fertilizers in crop fields to boost production of crops to achieve country’s food security.
Okra farming becoming popular in Khulna
Cultivation of okra (ladies finger) is becoming popular among the farmers in 28 villages under Batiaghata upazila of Khulna district.
Small business, food production for urban food security
Substantial and sustainable promotion of small business and urban food production has become indispensable for freeing the slum community from poverty and hunger, speakers in some ceremonies have said.
Bumper litchi production likely this season
Excellent growth of the tender litchi in orchards amid favorable climatic condition predicts bumper production of the fruit this season in the northern districts, officials, experts and farmers said.
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80pc farm households get no agri services
About 80 percent of farm households in the country do not have any exposure to government agricultural extension services, a seminar was told on Thursday.
Papaya protects from cancer, heart attack, diabetes?
A group of students from University of Karachi has explored health benefits of papaya and discovered some facts about the delicious tropical fruit, including its usage in lowering chances of heart attack and controlling diabetes.
Cargill cattle plant closes for global warming
From: RP Siegel, Triple Pundit It sounds a bit like justice served, doesn’t it? When Cargill announced the closing of its Plainview, Texas, cattle operation, they cited a record low cattle supply as the result of the region’s severe drought.
New doubts on link between global warming, drought
There have been devastating droughts in the past few years in places like Africa, Australia, and the United States. Last summer, the drought in the central US caused the loss of massive crops, causing a major economic hit for the…
Supporting climate-friendly agriculture
Worldwatch Institute This summer, record temperatures and limited rainfall parched vast areas of U.S. cropland, and with Earth’s surface air temperature projected to rise 0.69 degrees Celsius by 2030, global food production will be even more unpredictable, according to new…