Joypurhat creeper arum farmers make handsome profit
JOYPURHAT, Feb 13: Hundreds of farmers in Panchbibi upazila of the district are earning a handsome amount of money by growing creeper arum (Loti Kochu).Sources said creeper arum farming has brought financial solvency to many poverty-stricken people of the area. Local agriculture office has been providing all necessary support to...
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‘Growing Together’ changes fortune of Mithapukur poor cultivators
RANGPUR, Feb 13: Julekha Begum (35), wife of Asadul Mia in Kafrikhal Baluapara village under Mithapukur upazila of the district had been passing her days in acute poverty even few years ago. "It was very difficult for me to manage my family of six members with the petty amount of...
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Gopalganj eyes bumper Boro yield
GOPALGANJ, Feb 13: The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken a massive programme to grow Boro paddy in Gopalganj Sadar during the current season.Sources said a total of 19,400 hectares of land have been brought under Boro cultivation with a production target of 1,94,000 tonnes. Md Mizanur Rahman, upazila...
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Fish farming in cages brings laudable changes in Narsingdi villages
NARSINGDI, Feb 13 (BSS): Fish farming in cages have changed the fate of a good number of youths in the district during the last five years.District fisheries officials here said a number of youths in Narsingdi Sadar, Raipura and Monohardi upazilas have been farming Monosex Tilapia fish in the floating...
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Nilphamari DAE expects 1,525 tonnes of groundnut output
NILPHAMARI, Feb 13: Groundnut cultivation is increasing in the district. Sources said groundnut farming is new here. Farmers of the char areas have started growing the crop due to high market demand. A vast tract of charland in Dimla and Jaldhaka upazila has been brought under the production of groundnut.DAE...
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Veg cultivation on dried riverbed gets momentum
RAJSHAHI, Feb 13 (BSS): Farming of crops in charlands (riverbed) has opened up new door of success as most of the growers are now making profit by dint of their bumper production of winter vegetables including some cereal crops like wheat and maize. In order to attain financial solvency, the...
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