Cultivation of broccoli, a non- conventional winter vegetable, has gradually been gaining popularity in the region including its vast Barind tract for the last couple of years by dint of its lucrative…
Category: Agriculture
Khulna farmers become self reliant by farming arum-lobe
Farmers here, especially the landless and the marginal ones, are becoming self-reliant by producing arum-lobe on crop lands in Dumuria upazila of the district. Since the remote places of the upazila, so…
Around 3-lakh tonnes of oilseed production likely in Rajshahi division
Around three lakh tonnes of oilseeds including mustard are expected to be produced from 2.10 lakh hectares of land in all eight districts of Rajshahi division during the current Rabi season. Department…
Bumper mustard output likely in Rangpur region
The farmers are expecting a bumper output of mustard in all five districts of Rangpur agriculture region as harvest of the crop will begin from the first week of next month during…
High yielding BARI mustard makes farmers happy
Farmers have become happy after cultivating high yielding variety BARI mustards on their farming lands including char areas of the district during the last three years. Mustard fields on the vast tracts…
Farmers exceed onion farming target in Rangpur region
The farmers have already exceeded the fixed farming target of onion by 3.83 percent predicting its bumper production in all five districts of Rangpur agriculture region during this Rabi season. Officials of…
Honey farming makes Noruzzaman Gaji a successful entrepreneur
Many of the rural men and women specially self-committed persons are becoming active towards attaining their social dignity after being engaged in various income generating activities independently like honey farming. Nurzzaman Gaji…
Target exceeds predicting bumper potato output in Rangpur region
As sowing of seeds still continues, farmers have already exceeded the fixed farming target of potato predicting a super bumper output of the crop in Rangpur agriculture region during the current Rabi…
Rangpur region produces record 18-lakh tonnes Aman rice
The farmers produced an all-time record 18.01-lakh tonnes of clean Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) rice (27-lakh tonnes paddy) despite little damage caused to the crop by floods in Rangpur agriculture region this season….
Experts for producing pesticide-free vegetables
Agriculture experts at a seminar have said the present government is implementing various programs for enhancing production of pesticide-free vegetables adopting eco-friendly agricultural technologies. They said this at a seminar titled ‘Production…
Bumper winter vegetable production likely in Rangpur region
Farmers and officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) are expecting a bumper production of winter vegetables in Rangpur region during the current Rabi season. Talking to BSS, officials and experts…
Panchagarh farmers smile amid bumper potato production
Farmers in the district are happy over bumper production and getting fair price by selling potato. The farmers have started harvesting early (Karage) variety potato from their respective lands with much enthusiasm….