October 16 was the World Food Day. The theme of this year’s World Food Day, “Our actions are our future,” calls on everyone to be a food hero contributing to the transformation of agri-food systems for better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life, leaving no one behind.

Over 1,000 mushroom growers in Jashore have left farming after a government project facilitating mushroom farming was shut down, leaving many of them workless.

Md Kamruzzaman, a government employee in Sirajganj, came across a dragon fruit orchard during an official tour to Natore a few years ago.

Pirojpur growers of seasonal malta fruits are happy this year with good production and desired price of the juicy fruit. Harvesting of Bari-1 variety of malta began around a month ago and will continue for the next one month.

About 79,876 tonnes of crops worth Tk 360 crore were saved by culling around 1.20 crore rats last year.

Use of organic pesticides on crops is gaining popularity among farmers in Uttar Kalikapur village in Kishoreganj upazila, as their insecticidal ingredients are non-toxic to consumers as well as to honey bees and many other beneficial insects. 

It was the first week of March 2020, and the coronavirus wasn’t detected in Bangladesh at that time. The first Covid-19 infected patient was

Even five years ago, working as a day labourer was a bread and butter job for Delwar Kobiraj, from Kalibari village in Amtali upazila of Barguna. His family of five -- his wife and three children -- used to go to bed unfed on most nights.

A father-son duo in Indurkani upazila have become inspiration for others as their commercial dragon fruit farm, a first in the entire district of Pirojpur, has proven to be successful in only six months.

The cost of production of eggs and chickens has gone up in Bangladesh as the prices of raw materials rose in the international markets, said the Bangladesh Poultry Industries Central Council (BPICC) today.  

Farmers in Nilphamari district are cultivating a fast-growing variety of potato in order to maximise their profits before the year ends.

Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque today said there is no exact data on population and demand for rice in the country.

Surat Ali, a middle-aged farmer based in Khulna’s Jhenaidah district, is enjoying massive success from dragon fruit cultivation.

Just when Mymensingh’s 1.12 lakh fish farmers were looking forward to turn the corner and start recovering from losses they incurred during Covid-19 restrictions, the rising prices of fish feed are eating away their profits. 

Many factories in all the large sheds at Dashergaon village in Narayanganj’s Bandar upazila, and between these, an enterprising young man, Lutfar Rahman Swapan, has set up a factory, SS Cattle Farm, with different kind of dream.

Feed millers have called upon the government to stop the export of soybean meal, a major ingredient of feed for poultry, fish and cattle, for the sake of the livestock industry in the country.

Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) has been honoured with the ‘Outstanding Achievement Award’ by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for its outstanding contribution to mutation breeding.

Cultivation of IPSHA, an early variety bean, has appeared to be a profitable venture for many farmers in Jhenidah, an area famous for growing the popular winter vegetable.

Poultry farmers, who have already been hit hard by the pandemic, are struggling to survive due to low prices of chicken currently prevailing in the market coupled with a sharp rise in feed prices.

Various crops on 1,852 hectares of land have been damaged by floods this year in six out of nine upazilas of Faridpur, according to data from Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) in the district.