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‘Golden fibre’ no longer holds glitter for Khulna jute farmers

May 15, 2021 sub EditorAgriculture, Bangladesh

A major cash crop for over three million small farm households in Bangladesh, jute is no longer considered a ‘golden fibre’ in Khulna.

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A Dalit Woman Becomes The Voice of Farmers In India

April 17, 2021 editorFood & nutrition, Op-Ed

I am here to fight and I am here to stay, come what may, they have made their people’s leader, and I am not going to let them down,” says Nodeep.

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Sustainable steps help farmers gain positively amid Covid-19

November 27, 2020 editorFood & nutrition

By Stella Paul HYDERABAD, India, Nov 26 2020 (IPS) – As India continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and a growing number of deaths, farmers here have been fighting a battle of their own against volatile pricing, uncertain demand…

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Farmers will (again) feed the world

November 24, 2020 editorColumns, Food & nutrition

By Danielle Nierenberg NEW YORK, Nov 23 2020 (IPS) – Wealthier countries struggling to contain the widening COVID-19 pandemic amid protests over lockdowns and restrictions risk ignoring an even greater danger out there – a looming global food emergency.

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Climate finance neglects small-scale farmers – new report

November 12, 2020 editorAgriculture

Rome, 12 November 2020 – Only 1.7 per cent of climate finance – a fraction of what is needed – goes to small-scale farmers in developing countries despite their disproportionate vulnerability to the impacts of climate change, according to a…

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Fodder crisis forcing farmers to sell off cattle

October 4, 2020 editorBangladesh, Livestock

Jessore, Oct 04 – Nothing seems to be going right for the cattle farmers of Jassore’s Keshabpur upazila. With earth filling by river dredging rendering the upazila’s soil unsuitable for growing paddy, most cattle farmers in the area have started…

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Worthy price of boro great delight to Rajshahi farmers

July 27, 2020July 27, 2020 sub EditorAgriculture, Bangladesh

Rajshahi, July 2: Farmers are now very much pleased with the present lucrative market price for the latest harvested Boro paddy in the entire region including its vast Barind tract.After getting the profitable price of their paddy the farmers are…

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Sherpur cattle farmers unnerved due to mass spread of LSD virus

July 12, 2020July 12, 2020 sub EditorBangladesh, Livestock

While the human beings are grappling with novel coronavirus, domestic cattle in Sherpur and some other districts of the region are battling against the Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD), a highly contagious disease.

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Digital agri linking farmers, consumers for food security

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 editorFood & nutrition

By Neeta Lal NEW DELHI, Jul 9 2020 (IPS) – Digital technologies in agriculture are helping address the twin problems of food security and supply chain disruptions triggered by COVID-19 in India while augmenting the income of smallholder farmers.

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High transport costs hit Thakurgaon sweet pumpkin farmers

July 6, 2020 editorAgriculture, Bangladesh

Thakurgaon, July 06 – Despite bumper yield of sweet pumpkins, farmers in Thakurgaon are counting losses as high transport costs are preventing them from marketing their produces all over the country, forcing some of them to sell at low prices…

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Govt to procure paddy directly from farmers

June 27, 2020 Lutfun NaharBangladesh, Food & nutrition

State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md Zakir Hossain on Saturday said the government is all set to procure paddy directly from farmers after a selection process through lottery.

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Digital agri: Zimbabwe farmers gain but mobile money costly

May 28, 2020 editorAgriculture

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…

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Thakurgaon poultry farmers brace for huge loss

May 23, 2020May 23, 2020 sub EditorBangladesh, Food & nutrition

Supply chain disruption and lack of effective measures by authorities concerned during the coronavirus pandemic have led to the closure of dozens of poultry farms in Thakurgaon.

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Khulna farmers in distress with bumper yield of watermelon

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 sub EditorAgriculture, Bangladesh

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.

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COVID-19 has not slowed down ecological women farmers

May 11, 2020 editorAgriculture, Biodiversity, Op-Ed

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…

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Kushtia boro paddy farmers eye bumper yield

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 sub EditorAgriculture, Bangladesh

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.

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Khulna farmers strike gold with sunflower

May 8, 2020 sub EditorAgriculture

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…

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Ex-ODI Captain Mashrafe brings harvesters for Narail farmers

May 3, 2020May 3, 2020 editorAgriculture, Bangladesh, Cricket

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.

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How Eswatini’s garden farmers Keep vegetable supply flowing

April 29, 2020 editorFood & nutrition, Op-Ed

By Mantoe Phakathi MALKERNS, Eswatini, Apr 28 2020 (IPS) – Nobukhosi Cebekhulu (68) and Khetsiwe Tofile (64) are small-scale vegetable farmers who are producing from their permaculture home gardens in Malkerns, Eswatini.

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How to Support Restaurants, Farmers, Workers During COVID-19

March 26, 2020 editorFood & nutrition

Danielle Nierenberg As I wrote to you last week, like so many of you, I’m grounded. Hunkering down with my husband and trying to stay calm and healthy — and I hope you, your friends, and your loved ones are,…

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Changing weather spells doom for unprepared Pakistan farmers

March 14, 2020 editorAgriculture, Global warming, Op-Ed

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.

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Farmers benefiting from “BAU Soil Testing Kit”

February 9, 2020 editorAgriculture, Bangladesh, Campus

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…

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Faridpur farmers losing interest in Boro crops

January 25, 2020 sub EditorAgriculture, Bangladesh, Districts

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.

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Modern market, cold storage for Jessore flower farmers

December 23, 2019 editorBangladesh, Forestry, Lead News

Benapole (Jessore), Dec 23 – A door of new possibilities is about to open for flower farmers of Gadkhali in Jessore, distinguished as the Flower Capital of the country, where the government is establishing the first flower processing centre and…

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Fall Armyworm: Cause of concern for Chuadanga maize farmers

December 13, 2019 editorAgriculture

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…

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Farmers, agriculture won’t be left behind: PM

November 6, 2019 Lutfun NaharAgriculture, Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told farmers that they will not be left behind as the government takes Bangladesh towards development and turn it into an industrialised nation.

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Bangladesh farmers find gourd a good ‘cash crop’

November 2, 2019 sub EditorFood & nutrition

Farming is not always an easy job for many reasons, but there is nothing hard in growing gourd. The people of Bishwanath upazila are showing how to do it and make money.

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BD announces Tk800mn incentives for farmers

October 30, 2019 Lutfun NaharAgriculture, Bangladesh

Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque on Wednesday said the government will give over Tk 80 crore as incentives to 687,700 small and marginal farmers for the Rabi season.

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Trade thru Himalayas benefits Nepal farmers, China herdsmen

October 13, 2019October 13, 2019 sub EditorBusiness, Diplomacy, Trade

The weeds, cornstalk and rice hulls that Nepali farmers once burned as waste can be exported to earn cash. The farmers had previously wondered how their waste can be exchanged for wealth, and later found an answer through cooperation across…

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Amitabh Bachchan pays off debt of 2100 farmers in Bihar

June 17, 2019June 17, 2019 sub EditorEntertainment, News

Amitabh Bachchan has been a part of several causes including tuberculosis campaigns and calamity fundraisers. He has time and again made big financial contributions towards families of martyrs and catastrophe stuck areas in the countries. Last year, he paid off…

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