SOURCE: Shamsujjoha Polash, Daily Bangladesh TRANSLATION: Freshplaza There are mango orchards on 2,304 hectares in Chuadanga district, in Bangladesh’ western Khulna Division. Among these, there are mango orchards on 720 hectares in Sadar subdistrict, 220 hectares in Alamdanga, 739 hectares in Damurhuda, and 625 hectares in Jibannagar subdistrict. There areContinue Reading
SOURCE: Mehjabin Bhanu, Pressenza After wheat, rice and corn, banana is the most produced fruit in the world. That is, number 4. Asia-Pacific is the main center of banana production. Basically, India occupies a large part of the world art market. Banana market is growing day by day, as aContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Hill Farmers in low-lying regions of Bangladesh are braving rising sea levels by cultivating their crops aboard hand-woven rafts. Faced with inhospitable growing conditions that could threaten their livelihoods, they are adapting to a climate of surging swamp waters by reviving a relic of the country’s past. TheseContinue Reading
SOURCE: Anwar Ali, The Daily Star The special method of growing mangoes inside multi-layered bags with wax on the outer surface may not pose any potential health hazards for end consumers, but the additional cost makes the fruit costlier, according to market players. However, this surefire method of producing qualityContinue Reading
SOURCE: Akanda Muhammad Jahid, The Daily Star Yusuf Ali, a mango grower in Chapainawabganj, did not benefit much despite having an ample yield last year as the price of the popular fruit was unusually low due to the lockdown-induced disruption. Since there is no lockdown this year and overall consumptionContinue Reading
SOURCE: Jobaer Chowdhury, The Business Standard Dragon fruit can now be grown all round the year! A group of scientists from Khulshi Agricultural Research Centre in Chattogram have successfully grown the exotic fruit, which is a summer fruit, in winter. Usually, dragon fruit is cultivated from April to October, consideredContinue Reading
SOURCE: Mintu Deshwara, The Daily Star 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. Favourable weather conditions and the availability of cheap fertilisers led to a huge harvest this season, according to theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Dhaka Tribune Braving the Covid-19 pandemic, farmers are eying a bumper production of banana this year in Rangpur agriculture region where cultivation of the crop is continuously increasing. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) officials said farmers have cultivated bananas on 4,209 hectares of land, including on 2,559 hectares duringContinue Reading
SOURCE: Akanda Muhammad Jahid, The Daily Star An intense heatwave is sweeping across the country. The sun’s piercing rays inevitably cause streams of sweat to run off pedestrians. At this very moment, when sheer exhaustion leads to a desperate attempt at quenching one’s thirst, a nonchalant roadside vendor offers hisContinue Reading
SOURCE: Dhaka Tribune Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) as well as farmers are expecting a bumper mango production following smooth formation of the tender fruits in Rangpur agriculture region. The process of tender fruit’s formation on mango trees continues smoothly predicting its bumper production in the region’sContinue Reading
SOURCE: Bilkis Irani, Dhaka Tribune In Bangladesh, cultivation of the fruit began in fiscal 2014-15 on five hectares of land and is a profitable crop today for the 25,000 growers. Much has been said about Vietnam closing in on Bangladesh’s long-undisputed number two spot in the global apparel market. ButContinue Reading
SOURCE: Dhaka Tribune The farmers said wholesalers and their representatives from different parts of the country flock to the upazila every year when the harvesting season begins. Despite bumper production, jackfruit growers in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur are incurring losses due to a lack of customers and falling prices broughtContinue Reading