With frequent volatility in edible oil prices in the local market, farmers across the southern region are increasingly turning to oilseed cultivation -- both to meet household needs and as a commercial venture.
While paddy harvesting in the haor regions of Netrokona has been completed, farmers in the district’s non-haor areas are still facing severe difficulties due to equipment shortages, natural disasters, and lack of labour.
Mirazul Islam, a seasonal litchi trader in Pabna's Ishwardi upazila, spent Tk 8 lakh to buy 400 litchi trees, expecting to harvest at least 8 lakh litchis.
Char farmer Maqbul Hossain, 65, has been cultivating maize on seven bighas of sandy char land on the Teesta riverbed for the past 10 years.
Bangladeshi traders say at global summit in Sri Lanka
The country has a higher supply of sacrificial animals than demand, says Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter
So far, 85 percent of the haor fields and 30 percent of the non-haor fields have been harvested.
With frequent volatility in edible oil prices in the local market, farmers across the southern region are increasingly turning to oilseed cultivation -- both to meet household needs and as a commercial venture.
While paddy harvesting in the haor regions of Netrokona has been completed, farmers in the district’s non-haor areas are still facing severe difficulties due to equipment shortages, natural disasters, and lack of labour.
Mirazul Islam, a seasonal litchi trader in Pabna's Ishwardi upazila, spent Tk 8 lakh to buy 400 litchi trees, expecting to harvest at least 8 lakh litchis.
Char farmer Maqbul Hossain, 65, has been cultivating maize on seven bighas of sandy char land on the Teesta riverbed for the past 10 years.
Bangladeshi traders say at global summit in Sri Lanka
The country has a higher supply of sacrificial animals than demand, says Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter
So far, 85 percent of the haor fields and 30 percent of the non-haor fields have been harvested.
Farmers in char areas are happy with the pumpkin production on the sandy chars of the Teesta riverbed. However, they are disappointed as prices have fallen compared to last year. Due to an urgent need for cash, char farmers are being forced to sell pumpkins at low prices.
Boro harvesting is underway across the Haor regions of Sylhet Division and Netrokona, with farmers racing to cut their crops amid fears of flash floods.
