The ongoing floods have so far damaged 56,000 hectares of Aush paddy in Bangladesh, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said today.

Although pineapple yields in Madhupur upazila of Tangail have been good this year, growers have been left frustrated by a 40 to 50 per cent drop in prices for the highly popular fruit, according to local farmers and agriculture officials.

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The fish farmers' fair has given new hopes for farmers of Natore at a time when they are struggling to meet high production costs.

Farmers at Kahalu upazila of Bogura were taught various new techniques in fish farming during a day-long fair on Wednesday.

Cultivation of maize, also known as corn, has emerged to be very lucrative for more than 50,000 farmers of Lalmonirhat district as the price of the crop has doubled this year.

The funds will come from an existing Tk 3,000 crore refinance scheme aimed at providing low-cost loans to farmers with a view to supporting production amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Monaf Mia, a 65-year-old tea worker in Mominchhara tea garden of Sylhet’s Fenchuganj, works in the gardens all day, only to come back home at night to get soaked in rainwater, due to the dilapidated condition of the roof over his head.

Paddy farmers in the Chalan Beel region of Rajshahi, Pabna, Sirajganj and Natore are concerned about whether they can achieve their expected yields this year as early floods have badly damaged their crops in the vast wetland.

Several hundred bighas of Boro fields in Pabna’s Bera and Santhia upazilas have been submerged due to torrential rains and farmers are fearing loss while they are harvesting half-ripe crops.

Agriculture engineers of Bangladesh Sugarcrop Research Institute (BSRI) have come up with a new technology of cultivating paddy as co-crop with sugarcane.

Japanese agricultural machinery manufacturer Yanmar has expressed interest to set up a factory in Bangladesh to manufacture combine harvesters for reaping paddy.

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.

The country will have to import fertiliser at higher prices from the international market in the wake of the global price hike due to the Russia-Ukraine war.

Prices of paddy, particularly the finer varieties, are on the rise in the producing regions in Bangladesh amid worries of crop damages and lower yield inflicted by the recent flash floods in the haor districts and cyclone Ashani-induced rainfalls.

Rice yield is likely to dwindle to some extent in eight districts of Rajshahi division during this Boro season due to bad weather during the harvest period, officials and farmers said.

H Ataur Rahman Akib started fishing when he was four and he was largely focused on his hobby and making baits until 2018.

Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque today directed the agriculture officials to prepare workplans to do more research to increase oilseed production in order to reduce its import dependence.

Onion seed growers in Faridpur are worried about being able to attain their expected production levels this year due to unfavourable weather conditions, swarming caterpillar infestations and low bee pollination.

Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has advised boro farmers of Patuakali to harvest their paddy before the due time as there is a forecast of cyclone “Asani” under the influence of low pressure in the Bay of Bengal.