Crop cultivation pattern is being changed in the district through turning two-crop land into three and four crops one gradually that helps the growers earn more benefit apart from adaptation to a changing climatic condition. Bangladesh is one of the…
New report identifies ‘regret-free’ approaches for adapting agriculture to climate change. Researchers provide clarity on action amid fears of wasted investments and imprecise science.
Production of Okra is getting popularity in Dupchanchia upazila of Bogra district as the farmers are being benefitted greatly from its sale in the local markets. The farmers are cultivating the vegetable widely as its demand is higher than any…
Jute cultivation acreage marked a rise by 7 percent this fiscal compared to that of the previous fiscal, said officials at the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) on Monday.
Farmers and crops specialists of the district Agricultural Extension Department (AED) are expecting over 35,140 tonnes of summer vegetables would be produced in three upazilas of the district during the current season. District Agriculture Extension Department (DAED) sources said, a…
Farmers in 10 districts of Khulna division are expecting a bumper production of ‘golden fibre Jute’ in the current seasson. Agriculture Extention Depertment (AED) sources said, a total of 2,03,063 hectares of land were brought under Jute cultivation here with…
Cultivation of Kalambo Lemon in four upazilas of the district has been increasing gradually as the farmers are showing interest in the farming due to economic returns that the crop promises. A number of farmers started small scale cultivation of…
The farmers of char areas along the river Karatoa in Sadar upazila and other parts of the district have harvested a bumper production of maize this year. The price and demand of maize is high this year, according to farmers…
Boro cultivators and crops specialists are expecting bumper production of Boro paddy during this season as harvesting of the paddy is nearing to completion with excellent yield rates in the district. Netrakona District Agriculture Extension Department (DAED) office sources said…
Excessive rain and hailstorm have caused colossal damage to crops in five upazilas of the district. Department of Agricultural Extension sources said around 15000 farmers in five upazilas of the district incurred huge loss due to damage of crops worth…
The price of fish has gone up and that of vegetables remained stable in Sylhet. But it differs from the list of prices displayed by Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB). Fish prices have risen by Tk10 to 20 per kg…
Land grabbing making fake documents is rampant in Narail villages. The minority community people of the village Erenda, Kashipur, Basupati and Kachubaria under Lohagara upazila of the district are the worst victims. It is alleged that a group of culprits…
A vast area of crop land and embankment covering Sadar and Charbhadrasan upazillas of the istrict have come under the threat of erosion of river Padma since June 2 with the advent of monsoon. According to Water Development Board (WDB)…
Boro cultivators and crops specialists are expecting bumper production of Boro paddy during this season as harvesting of the paddy is nearing to completion with excellent yield rates in the district. District Agriculture Extension Department (DAED) Netrakona office sources here…
Flash flood triggered by tidal surge under the influence of full moon and incessant rainfall for the last seven days caused colossal damage to crops in Jhalakathi district. Various types of crops, especially vegetables, on 6,772 hectares of land in…
Farmers and crops specialists of the district Agricultural Extension Department (AED) are expecting over 40,000 tonnes of summer vegetables to be produced in the district during the current season where the target of the vegetables cultivation has already been exceeded…
The growers will have to pay a heavy price for the government move to heavily trim the allocation in the new budget for the agriculture sector against the backdrop of a downtrend in food prices in the international market.
Agriculture experts at a function here on Thursday urged the farmers to cultivate Parija Paddy, an indigenous variety, on high and medium high land to get additional crop during the off season to achieve country’s food security. “Generally, after the…
A Fruits Festival of Dristi, a cultural organisation, was held at Dhaka University (DU) Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) on Thursday.
Farmers in Jhalakathi are in a upbeat mood as they could achieve bumper production of boro paddy this year, exceeding all previous records. They could yield highest ever amount of boro despite onslaughts of the tropical storm Mahasen that buffeted…
agriculture BRRI paddy Field Day observed in Gopalganj Field Day of BRRI paddy was observed at Boiltali under Gopalganj Sadar Upazila in Gopalganj on Monday. ACI Crop Care and Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Gopalganj jointly arranged the programme. According…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
A huge quantity of banned current net was seized from Gopalpur ghat area located on the bank of Padma River under Char Bhadrasan upazilla in the district here yesterday.