With 98 percent of harvesting already complete, Aus production this season in four districts of Sylhet division is likely to fall behind the targeted production of 4.71 lakh tonnes.

The government have been working to cultivate crops twice or thrice a year in the saline prone areas of coastal and southwestern parts of the country, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said today.

Food is related with hunger. For years, people have struggled and innovated many ways to battle with hunger.

While the coronavirus pandemic continues to cause havoc on different sectors including agriculture globally, an increased awareness of consuming vitamin C -- to fight the virus -- has helped a lemon farmer in Jashore become self-reliant.

When the government is observing National Fisheries Week countrywide, a section of unscrupulous fishers continues to catch native fish and aquatic lives erecting bamboo fences across the Laghata and Palak rivers in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar.

Potato farmers and traders have been left bewildered by a drastic fall in potato prices this year as many of them had packed their produce into cold storages to sell during the rainy season, when most crops die of flooding and before the arrival of winter crops, in order to maximise profits.

The private sector needs investment and cooperation to make agriculture profitable in the country, said Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque.

The government has targeted a 25 percent increase in rice production by 2050 by combining the efforts of farmers, rice scientists and agricultural officials to feed the additional population.

Aman cultivation is going on in full swing in almost all the upazilas of the district.

Farmers are enjoying tremendous success cultivating papaya in fallow lands in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar district, thanks to bumper yield and a reasonable market price.

After chasing his dream for over a decade, 46-year-old Aruni Sarkar, a  farmer from remote Gangarampur village of Khulna’s Batiaghata upazila,  finally succeeded in developing high-yielding and climate-adaptable  varieties of Aman paddy.

Fodder crisis have become a double blow for the flood affected people of Sirajganj, one of the major dairy hubs in the country.

The agriculture ministry implemented 99 per cent of the annual development programme last fiscal year, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said today.

The government has taken comprehensive measures to develop the fish sector of the country, said speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury.

On May 7, a fisherman in Sylhet caught a 180kg Baghair from the Kushiyara river and brought it to Lalbazar, a famous fish market in the city.

Fish production rose 3 per cent year-on-year to 45 lakh tonnes in fiscal 2019-20, thanks to increased aquaculture, according to the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock.

While life under the sea still remains a mystery for many, there are some noteworthy breakthroughs. Case in point: a group of researchers from Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University recently recorded three new marine fish from the waters of Saint Martin’s Island.

Effective supply chain of agriculture products is a must for a safe food value chain as the marketing of perishable items is a big challenge in the country now, stakeholders said at a webinar today.

Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque has instructed the ministry officials and other agencies concerned to prepare a roadmap by the next 3-5 years for export of 1 lakh tonnes of mango.

Many farmers in the district are raking in good profits by growing off-season varieties of watermelon usually a summer fruit, thanks to regionally developed hybrid variants and a farming technique called “mulching”.