Jaldhupi, a variety of pineapple, cultivated on 20 acres of unused land in Sylhet’s Golapganj upazila by two local families has become very lucrative for them.Continue Reading
Things turned around for Murshed Mia and his wife Swapna Begum ten years ago when they tried their luck in organic farming of mandarin in Moulvibazar’s Juri upazila. Their profit from the first harvest was one of the success stories in the area and many others followed suit. Continue Reading
Monsoon is the time when floating guava markets on canals crisscrossing thousands of guava orchards, in Jhalakathi’s Bhimruli and Pirojpur’s Atghar Kuriana under Nesarabad upazila, become alive with visitors from all over the country. A network of canals connects the guava orchards spread out across 30 villages where oneContinue Reading
For Ismail Hossain, 45, rice farming twice a year has been a tradition for generations and the only source of income for his family of five. Two years ago, the Muslim father of three decided to quit traditional rice farming in favor of mangoes, so he planted mango saplings allContinue Reading
In 2008, Somoyon Chakma’s brother brought two seeds of rambutan, a tropical fruit closely related to the litchi, from Thailand. He then grew a rambutan plant in the courtyard of his house from the seeds. After five long years, the tree finally bore fruits in 2013. The 40-year-oldContinue Reading
What is the point of sticking to paddy when mango is more profitable and easier to farm? What is the point of living in uncertainty and poverty? This is what Saday Chandra Debnath thought before he quit paddy farming. The 28-year-old farmer of Naogaon’s Sapahar upazila wasContinue Reading
A wide array of fruits were on display at the three-day fruit exhibition at AKM Giasuddin Milky Auditorium at Khamarbari in Dhaka. The Ministry of Agriculture organized the expo, which began on Saturday. The exhibition, which will continue till Monday, consists of 84 stalls from 64 organizations including sevenContinue Reading
Tripura shares an 856-km international border with Bangladesh most of which is fenced off except in a few patches in Sepahijala and Dhalai districts. The increased border vigilance has given a fillip to legal export-import in the last few years. Tripura exported its first consignment of queen pineappleContinue Reading
District administration in Rajshahi yesterday scheduled the date for beginning mango harvest on May 15, although growers in orchards say mangoes would not ripe until at least the end of the month. Mango growers can harvest Guti variety of mangoes from May 15 and other varieties successively. Continue Reading
Guava growers in Jhalakathi are incurring losses because there are no storage arrangements for the tropical fruit. This fruit perishes within a few days of ripening—and can no-longer be sold. Guava is eaten raw and is rich in vitamin C and other nutrients. It is most popularlyContinue Reading
Dragon fruit is being commercially farmed in Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi district, after the successful cultivation of rambutan and malta. For the first time in Bangladesh, dragon fruit is commercially being cultivated in a large area of land. Shibpur UP Chairman Ariful Islam Mridha is commercially farmingContinue Reading
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) has recently successfully developed year-round dragon fruit in the country by using artificial lighting. BARI held a workshop at Pahartoli of Khulshi in Chattogram on Saturday over the success of the institute where its Director General Dr Abul Kalam Azad was present as chiefContinue Reading