The cyclone Sitrang that swept over the country last week has caused a loss of around Tk 350 crore of 150,000 farmers in almost half of the country, the agriculture ministry said today.

The fallow lands of different government organisations, including sugar mills, will be brought under cultivation, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said today.

Riverine lands are naturally fertile and Panchagarh’s Shubhasujon village is no exception as the river Korotoa flows through it. In the past, people used to cultivate rice, nuts and sugarcane in these lands. But, after closure of the sugar mills, cultivation of sugarcane has gradually decreased. Now vast tea gardens lie on these lands. However, apart from the tea gardens, cultivation of different varieties of fruit is also increasing. With the rise of agricultural diversity our food habit is changing. Long ago, we used to see fruit as patient's diet, but gradually fruits have made their way to our breakfast and dinner table. Keeping the demand in mind, cultivation of various foreign fruits is also increasing. Cultivation of malta, guava, dragon, strawberry, pineapple, and avocado are increasing every day.

The government will give Tk 137 crore incentive to the farmers to encourage them grow winter crops, including wheat, maize, mustard, sunflower, onions and pulses, in the current year, the agriculture ministry said today.

The agricultural and cereal price indices remained stable over the past two weeks and are currently one percentage higher compared to two weeks ago, said the Food Security Update of the World Bank.

Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque today urged developed countries, international banks, donor agencies and private entrepreneurs to invest in Bangladesh’s agriculture sector, which will need Tk 15,000 crore in the next five years.

Bangladesh has 7.37 lakh tonnes of fertiliser in stock right now and the country will face no shortage of it in the coming months, Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation Chairman Shah Md Imdadul Haque today.

Water is everywhere in and around Bangladesh, yet the lack of freshwater is one of its most pressing concerns.

In an interview in 2010, Ramnivas Agarwala, owner of Annapurna Organic Fertiliser Factory in Nilphamari, said, "Soil is the mother. Soil says you give me 10kg of seeds and one maund of fertiliser. In return, I give you 50 maunds of paddy and 50 maunds of straw. Have you ever wondered where it comes from? It comes from my own body. You do one thing; you keep the paddy and give me the straw. You are my children. I wonder what will happen to you when I (soil) will die. So, keep me alive for your own sake.'' The philosophical thoughts from Ramnivas inspired me.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (October 12, 2022) called for boosting the country's farm products to help diversify the export basket and earn more in foreign exchange.

A total of 44 persons and organisations today (October 12, 2022) received Bangabandhu National Agriculture Award for their outstanding contribution to different fields of agriculture – for the Bangla years of 1425 and 1426.

After a long wait, Zillur Rahman was sworn in as the president of Bangladesh on February 12, 2009, a month after the swearing-in ceremony of the prime minister (PM) and the new cabinet. A few days later, a grand reception was held at Bangabhaban, where the president and the prime minister were surrounded by all the noted persons of the country.

Nurul Haque received the gold medal for successfully producing Mola fish fingerlings at a hatchery, after collecting the fish species from natural water resources and different waterbodies. Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque handed him the award a few days back. It was Nurul’s fifth national award.

Hundreds of farmers demonstrated in Rangpur’s Pirganj upazila yesterday, protesting the shortage of urea fertilizer during the peak of Aman season.

Hundreds of farmers, who are facing urea fertiliser crisis, blocked Rangpur-Dhaka highway for an hour this morning (September 10, 2022), saying that their cultivation will be affected if that fail to fertilise their cropland within a day or two.

India on Thursday imposed a 20% duty on exports of various grades of rice, according to a statement seen by Reuters, as the world's biggest exporter of the grain tries to calm local prices.

Aman growers in the district are compelled to buy non-urea fertilisers at high prices during the ongoing cultivation season due to scanty supply of the important element.

The Ministry of Agriculture has instructed its field level officials across the country to ensure that farmers do not have to stand in line to buy fertilisers.

The Directorate of National Consumers Right Protection (DNCRP) will launch a drive to stop sales of miniket rice in the market, as miniket is not an actual rice variety, said AHM Shafiquzzaman, director general of the DNCRP.

Planting of Aman seedlings has suffered a setback this season as it is so far 14 percent less than the target set by the government.