By Debasis Sarkar Mango hotspot Malda in West Bengal is expecting exceptionally high level of production this year. But the delight comes riding a major worry for post harvest stage as export option to Bangladesh, one of the largest consumption…
Category: Food & nutrition
The Rural Resilience Initiative- R4
In the present changing and uncertain climate condition global agriculture is under threat and shock. Farmers, particularly the small farmers in the agro-based countries like Bangladesh are already experiencing the negative effects of climate change. In order to protect small…
Thousands of non-native goldfish invade Colorado lake
A handful of goldfish dumped into a Colorado lake, evidently by a pet owner years ago, have reproduced and thousands of the non-native fish now threaten indigenous aquatic species, state wildlife officials say.
Compost fertilizer use can help protect soil productivity
Substantial and sustainable uses of organic and compost fertilizer in the farming fields can help protecting the soil nutrients from further degradation.
Farmers expect bumper Boro production in Gaibandha
Farmers of Gaibandha district are expecting a bumper production of Boro paddy in the current season.
GM purple tomatoes and pink pineapples
Genetically Modified (GM) heart-healthy purple colored tomatoes and cancer-fighting pink pineapples are awaiting the concerned authority’s approval for release in the United States. Good innovation indeed!
Barind Tract Boro farming command areas achieved
Boro paddy farming in the project command areas of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) in the district has been achieved during the current season.
Farmers happy for bumper production of wheat
Wheat farmers of all the five upazilas in the district are happy as they got a desired output and fair prices against the crop during the current season.
Drought-prone Barind tract needs conservation agriculture technology
Time has come to wide-ranging and sustainable expansion and promotion of conservation agriculture (CA) based technologies in the drought-prone Barind tract to protect its soil health from further degradation, agricultural scientists and researchers in a discussion here said.
Sunflower farming gains popularity in Khulna
Sunflower farming has started gaining popularity as the nutritious oilseed brings good profit for the farmers in Batiaghata upazila of the district.
Jute cultivation in Gaibandha
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken up an extensive programme of jute cultivation in the district during the current season.
Agriculture technology fair begins in Rangamati
A three-day agriculture technology fair began at Rangamati Municiality office premises on Wednesday to disseminate latest agriculture technology know-how among the hilly farmers of the district.
Sunflower farming flourishing in Satkhira
Sunflower (scientific name Helianthus annuus) has turned out to be a strong medium for economic uplift of the farmers in the district as the oilseed’s cultivation has risen around 35 times here over the last three years.
Need for e-agriculture services for boosting food production stressed
Speakers at seminar here today urged concerned field level agricultural officials to acquire adequate knowledge on ‘e-Agriculture’ for reaching necessary information and services to thefarmers’ doorsteps for enhancing food production.
Middle income countries key to eliminating hunger
March 11, Washington, DC – Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, and Mexico may be rising economic powerhouses, but these five fast-growing, middle income countries are still home to nearly half of the world’s hungry, or 363 million people. That is why…
Strategies to revitalise agricultural education mapped
Hyderabad, India – ‘One Agriculture-One Science,’ a global consortium of agricultural education and research institutes across Asia, Africa and the USA, has mapped out plans and strategies to expand its initiatives to revitalize and bring systematic changes in agricultural education,…
Growing food trade, shrinking self-sufficiency
Washington, DC – As society reaches the limits of available farmland and accessible irrigation water, many countries have turned to international markets to help meet domestic food demand. Imports of grain worldwide have increased more than fivefold between 1960 and 2013. However, importing…
Integrated watershed management helping empower women in India
Hyderabad, India – Amid current uproar on inequality and prejudice faced by many women in India, what’s heartening is that positive changes are happening for some women in the rural sector – one of the toughest groups to reach due…
Mechanized harvester makes potato farmers happy in Rajshahi
BSS, Rajshahi Instead of the long-lasting conventional method the potato farmers have started using mechanized harvester as it saves cost and reduces labor requirement during the ongoing peak harvesting season for the last couple of years in the region.
MPs call for reform of EU’s ‘flawed’ rules on GM crops
Europe’s approval system for genetically modified (GM) crops is “fundamentally flawed”, say MPs.
Change in cropping pattern can double yield in the north
Rotating cultivation of rice, wheat and other crops under bed-planting system can double the yield in the northern districts, particularly in the high and dry Barind belt, according to an on- the-ground research finding.
Community generated resaearch to solve farmers’ problems
Danielle Nierenberg Around the world, farmers, scientists, researchers, and NGOs are creating innovative, on-the-ground solutions for the problems they face each day: water scarcity, resource depletion, land degradation, crop loss, and weather volatility. Many of these ground-breaking ideas have great…
Keeping food security on table at UN climate talks
By Denise M. Fontanilla and Chris WrightReprint Geneva Feb (IPS) – Food security has become a key issue of the U.N. climate negotiations this week in Geneva as a number of countries and observers raised concerns that recent advances in…
RDRS introduces rice seedling transplanter in Rangpur
RDRS Bangladesh has introduced rice seedling transplanter machines here on trial basis under Sustainable and Resilient Farming Systems Intensification (SRFSI) Project during this Boro season at two research farms.
No more irrigation DTW in high barind area
Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA), a state-owned organisation, has decided to check any more installation of deep tubewell (DTW) to control the lowering of underground water table.
Judiciary being used to suppress opposition, dissenting opinion: Bnp
Pointing at a High Court ruling that asks the government to take steps to stop the ongoing violence across the country in the name of hartal and blockade, the BNP in a statement yesterday said democratic movement cannot be stopped…
Expanded mung bean cultivation for more profits stressed
Experts at a training course have stressed for expanding cultivation of short duration mung bean as an additional cash crop to earn more profits, improve soil health and meet local pulse demand.
Mango trees sprouting fast in C’nawabganj
At the rising of temperature, the mango trees of the district have been sprouting fast as about 60 percent trees have blossomed, Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office said.
Rajshahi seed-potato growers show much interest to net house farming
Farmers of the region are seen showing much interested to seed-potato farming in net house method for multiplying the tissue-culture based seed-potato successfully.
Onion seed farms burgeoning in Rajshahi region
Commercial farming of onion- seed is increasing in Rajshahi region including its high Barind tract, as demand for this spice is rising day by day.