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.

After the World War II, the Japanese government began their economic reconstruction.

Although Aman paddy farmers are harvesting the crop in full swing, the government is yet to make good on its promise to buy the kitchen staple through a national procurement drive that began earlier this month.

Three unemployed friends of Sharsha upazila in Jashore have started stinging catfish (shing) farming using modern techniques.

The Netherlands will send a trade mission to Bangladesh in early 2022 to increase cooperation and trade relations in the agricultural sector.

Farmers of Patuakhali are getting the opportunity to use the solar-powered insect trap that kills most of the pests that wreak havoc on crops.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the agriculture ministry have jointly started distributing homestead vegetable gardening (HVG) inputs and processing equipment among 50, 000 smallholder farmers from seven coastal districts.

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.