Hundreds of farmers, who are facing urea fertiliser crisis, blocked Rangpur-Dhaka highway for an hour this morning (September 10, 2022), saying that their cultivation will be affected if that fail to fertilise their cropland within a day or two.

India on Thursday imposed a 20% duty on exports of various grades of rice, according to a statement seen by Reuters, as the world's biggest exporter of the grain tries to calm local prices.

Aman growers in the district are compelled to buy non-urea fertilisers at high prices during the ongoing cultivation season due to scanty supply of the important element.

The Ministry of Agriculture has instructed its field level officials across the country to ensure that farmers do not have to stand in line to buy fertilisers.

The Directorate of National Consumers Right Protection (DNCRP) will launch a drive to stop sales of miniket rice in the market, as miniket is not an actual rice variety, said AHM Shafiquzzaman, director general of the DNCRP.

Planting of Aman seedlings has suffered a setback this season as it is so far 14 percent less than the target set by the government.

The government would consider giving diesel to farmers at subsidised prices,Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said yesterday.

Boro cultivation does not deplete groundwater as it requires only 661 litres of water, according to a study.

Samples of TSP fertilizer from a state-owned fertilizer factory in Chattogram showed signs of adulteration after being tested.

Due to minimal rainfall, cultivation of Aman paddy in Chattogram has witnessed a setback.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) reduced import tariff on rice further by 10 percentage points to over 15 per cent to facilitate imports of the staple grains and contain its prices in the domestic market.

Sugarcane production and acreages in Bangladesh have more than halved in the last two decades as farmers find it difficult to generate a steady stream of profit from the crop, official figures showed.  

A government project undertaken to supply drinking water to locals in Gaibandha’s Gobindganj by re-excavating ponds has been rendered fruitless, with the zila parishad leasing out many of the waterbodies for fish farming.

Nowadays, there are thousands of successful women farmers across the country and many of them have become entrepreneurs and created employment opportunities for both men and women. Johora Akhter is one such innovative woman farmer.

Landless, small and marginal farmers as well as share-croppers in Bangladesh could be given loans up to Tk 2 lakh without any collateral under the central bank’s Tk 1,000 crore refinance scheme aimed at boosting wheat and maize production.

The government is trying to make an all-out effort to ensure a good Aman harvest, ensuring uninterrupted electricity supply to farmers for irrigation as it looks to ensure food security amid global economic uncertainty.

Several hundred farmers blocked a road in Kaharol upazila town for one and a half hours yesterday in protest of not getting their required fertiliser from a government-enlisted dealer.

High cost of irrigation has delt a severe blow to Aman farmers of Pabna region in this unusually dry rainy season.

Despite being delicious, pineapples grown in Tangail’s Madhupur upazila have grabbed media headlines for all the wrong reasons in the last few years.

The government move to increase the price of diesel by a high margin has caught many farmers off guard.