Researchers have identified rice varieties with the best yield performance for both aman and boro seasons after rigorous on-farm trials.

About 41 per cent of boro paddy has already been harvested in haor areas as of April 20, according to the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE).

A large number of farmers are using salt on cropland unscrupulously hoping to get higher yields in various upazilas of Natore especially in Naldanga.

While salt production has been growing steadily over the years, the farmers in the coastal districts of Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar are apprehensive over whether their meagre profits would get any better.

Farmers in the haor regions harvested nearly one-fifth of their Boro paddy as of yesterday, according to an estimate by the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE).

Workers at a farm in Joynagar village under Birganj upazila of Dinajpur are seen packing cucumbers into sacks for shipping to nearby wholesale markets. Despite the vegetable’s popularity across Bangladesh,

Many of you, who know about the cultivation of soybean in Bangladesh, might think that the production of the oilseed contributes to meeting the country’s demand for edible oil to some extent.

March 26 was Bangladesh’s 51st anniversary of independence. On this month in 1971, after years of struggles Bangalees went into the battlefield, for the independence of their motherland.

Although onion prices were excessively high just one month ago, farmers in Pabna are now struggling to recover production costs due to a supply glut following this year’s harvest.

Irrigation in 2,500 hectares of land in Nilphamari is facing setback in the ongoing Boro season as transformer theft has become rampant which may lead to production fall.

Farmers will be given loan to make the country self-sufficient in production of onion and its seed, said Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque.

Flash floods caused by torrential rains in upstream Meghalaya might damage paddy fields on 4.02 lakh hectares in Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrakona, and Kishoreganj.

Small and marginal potato farmers in Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts have been left in a quandary as cold storage owners in the region are saying their spaces have been completely filled.

The “Agricultural Land (Appropriate Use and Conservation) Bill” was placed at Jatiya Sangsad yesterday to ensure proper use and protection of agricultural land.

Garlic farmers in the country’s northern districts have been left dismayed as the price of the highly-popular cooking ingredient has fallen at wholesale and retail levels due to a supply glut amid the ongoing peak harvesting season.

While some farmers say that potato yields were low this year, most of them argue the opposite as they got the same output as they had in previous years.

While the probe committee from the Ministry of Agriculture visited Rajshahi’s Godagari upazila today, many farmers elaborately told them that the death of two santal farmers was primarily because the operator deprived them of irrigation water.

The option to import onion will remain open now in order to keep the price of the cocking ingredient stable ahead of Ramadan, said Agriculture Secretary Md Sayedul Islam.

Stern action will be taken if any negligence is found in supply of irrigation water, the lack of which suffers farmers the most, Agriculture Secretary Md Sayedul Islam said today.

Ten individuals and institutions were honoured yesterday for their exemplary contribution to the country’s agriculture sector and the impact they have had on their communities.