Homestead farming has turned out to be a good source of food security and nutrition among women, particularly the young and middle-aged ones who live in areas where livelihood is uncertain, found a study.

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder today urged people to eat red rice instead of white.

A farmer has found success in commercial cultivation of Tween fruit, commonly known as fig, in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenidah.

Farmers in different districts are buying fertiliser at prices higher than those set by the government even though the authorities insist there is no crisis in the country.

Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger dubbed Bangladesh as a bottomless basket when the country achieved independence from Pakistan.

If people visit Reju Khal, a hill stream that flows through the southern part of Cox’s Bazar district and into the Bay of Bengal, they would see long queues of bamboo poles along the waterway.

Farmers are expecting bumper production of maize cultivated on the dried-up Teesta riverbed and char lands in Lalmonirhat district this season.

The government will conduct mobile court to thwart any rumour of fertiliser crisis in the country, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said today.

A regional office of the Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS), a research organisation of Canadian Saskatchewan University, has been opened in Dhaka to help agricultural researchers in the country to gain advanced knowledge and skills.

An early potato harvest has brought fortune to the farmers in Nilphamari district as traders are paying exceptionally high prices for the kitchen staple amid increased demand in the country’s major cities.

Saarc countries need to work together to innovate crop varieties and production technologies and exchange them to tackle hidden hunger in the region, said Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque.

Massive attack of cut worms, known as katui poka, on mustard plants in different upazilas of the district worries thousands of farmers as use of pesticides fails to prevent or check the trouble.

Due to the availability of high-quality varieties, Malta cultivation is increasing in the Sylhet division. However, the farmers of Sylhet are losing interest in Mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata) cultivation and business.

I have been hearing the complaint about the quality of fish and poultry feed for a long. Farmers complain that the food available in the market does not contain as much protein,

Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque has directed the field-level officials to keep a close watch to ensure that the fertilisers are not sold at a higher price than the price fixed by the government.

The government will extend all-out support to the agribusiness investors and entrepreneurs and they will be provided with all sorts of stimulus packages, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said today.

Antibiotic overuse in poultry farming in Bangladesh is breeding the rise of “superbugs” that cannot be managed with traditional treatments, say multiple studies -- raising the stakes for the government to rein in the use of the drug considered the crown jewel of modern medicine.

The factories are consuming natural gas heavily, but producing urea fertilizer much less than their modern peers do.

The High Court today directed the government to prepare a list of owners of auto rice mills of seven districts -- who are selling rice in the market in the name of miniket and najirshail varieties, by polishing normal rice in machines -- and submit before it in four months.

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