Eco-friendly farming methods evolving as viable alternatives
MANIKGANJ, May 09: As the agriculture sector has also started taking a hit from the ongoing instability in the Middle East along with other sectors including energy, a surge in international prices of chemical fertiliser raw materials has pushed up production costs for farmers in Bangladesh.In a prompt response to...
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Boro farmers face low price, high labour cost in Magura, Jashore
Boro paddy growers in Magura have been facing low price for their produce, high labour cost and rain damage, while growers from Jashore said they face serious labour shortage and apprehension of significant rain damage.Our correspondent from Magura reports, some 39,535 hectares were brought under boro cultivation in the district...
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Thousands suffer as Chandpur health centre in sorry state
OUR CORRESPONDENTCHANDPUR, May 09: Over 25,000 people of seven villages in Gupti Paschim Union of Chandpur's Faridgonj Upazila have been deprived of convenient medical care as the Union Health and Family Welfare Centre lies abandoned with essential furniture and appliances stolen and functioning as a shelter for drug addicts and...
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Rangpur potato farmers dump produce as prices slump, storage runs out
RANGPUR, May 09 (UNB): For potato farmers in Rangpur a bumper harvest has turned into a season of despair, as falling prices and lack of storage capacities compel many to throw away their produce.Farmers say it costs about Tk 18 to produce one kilogram of potato while they are being...
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