Bangladesh delegation to visit the Netherlands, UK to increase agricultural exports

When most sectors have started to recover gradually from losses due to months of Covid-19 restrictions, the tree nurseries are witnessing a sharp fall in sales this year in Nesarabad, an upazila known for producing a high volume of tree saplings.

People often hear parents say, “My children don’t want to eat fish.” Children love chicken more than fish and it means the demand for chicken is increasing.

Black gram (mashkalai daal) cultivation has become very popular among farmers in Chaugachha upazila of Jashore district and they are expecting a bumper yield of the crop this season.

Growers of different summer varieties of tomato, especially the one named Raja, are making more or less 200 percent profit this season in Sylhet region.

Lalmonirhat district, bordering the Teesta, Dharla and Saniazan rivers, accounts for about one-third of the maize produced in Bangladesh’s northern region.

Pumpkin farmers of Faridpur are elated as they are getting good profit by selling their produces this year.

Pest attack on Aman paddy fields in the district poses threat to the farmers’ hope for a good yield of Aman this season.

A college teacher in Lalmonirhat has started a different kind of campaign to dissuade farmers from tobacco cultivation and to make them aware. He is neither distributing flyers nor holding meetings.

Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque yesterday said the big challenge for the country right now is to ensure nutritious food for all.

Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque today said the big challenge for the country right now is to ensure nutritious food for all.

Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque today sought financial and technical assistance from Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the construction of a modern packing house and setting up a testing lab on 2 acres of land in Dhaka’s Purbachal.

Poultry farmers, including female, young and small-scale entrepreneurs, could benefit from reduced production costs by adopting good farming practices, according to a recent study.

Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque today urged people of the country to change their food habit gradually and eat other nutritious food and fruits -- reducing rice consumption.

The agriculture ministry will open a dedicated cell for local agricultural entrepreneurs with an aim to facilitate investment in farming and the expansion of agro-based businesses across the country.

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.