Agriculture in Bangladesh
More farmers joining in synchronised cultivation of rice
For the first time in his 30 years of farming, Samaresh Mondal is growing dry-season rice, locally named Boro, along with 50 of his peers in a synchronised manner in their locality of Satibunia under Botiaghata upazila of Khulna.
Hybrid rice planted on record area
Farmers have planted hybrid rice on the highest amount of land in the current Boro season, the source of the biggest crop output, to profit from higher production and prices of the staple grain in the market.
Project to modernise farming must work
Farmers need to be motivated and given necessary tools on time
Govt support needed for Aman production
Provide farmers with diesel and fertilisers at subsidised rates
Crop diversification: Farmers to get seeds, fertilisers worth Tk 80cr
The government is to provide seeds and fertilisers worth nearly Tk 80 crore for free to the small and marginal farmers to ensure nutrition for the people of the country through crop diversification.
Loans for farmers to be cheaper
The central bank has moved to slash the lending rate on farm loans by one percentage point to 8 percent as most banks have cut the
Include agriculture in curricula: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the authorities concerned to include agriculture and its practical aspects in curricula to encourage students to properly know about cultivation system.
Today's Farming: Up to 90pc mechanised
Two years have passed. Yet the scenes of the onrushing water submerging ripening paddy fields remain fresh in the mind of Matindra
More farmers joining in synchronised cultivation of rice
For the first time in his 30 years of farming, Samaresh Mondal is growing dry-season rice, locally named Boro, along with 50 of his peers in a synchronised manner in their locality of Satibunia under Botiaghata upazila of Khulna.
Hybrid rice planted on record area
Farmers have planted hybrid rice on the highest amount of land in the current Boro season, the source of the biggest crop output, to profit from higher production and prices of the staple grain in the market.
Project to modernise farming must work
Farmers need to be motivated and given necessary tools on time
Govt support needed for Aman production
Provide farmers with diesel and fertilisers at subsidised rates
Crop diversification: Farmers to get seeds, fertilisers worth Tk 80cr
The government is to provide seeds and fertilisers worth nearly Tk 80 crore for free to the small and marginal farmers to ensure nutrition for the people of the country through crop diversification.
Loans for farmers to be cheaper
The central bank has moved to slash the lending rate on farm loans by one percentage point to 8 percent as most banks have cut the
Include agriculture in curricula: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the authorities concerned to include agriculture and its practical aspects in curricula to encourage students to properly know about cultivation system.
Today's Farming: Up to 90pc mechanised
Two years have passed. Yet the scenes of the onrushing water submerging ripening paddy fields remain fresh in the mind of Matindra
